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periodic sentences

periodic sentences is the plural of periodic sentence.

Meaning of periodic sentence

Noun

periodic sentence (plural periodic sentences)

  1. (rhetoric) A complex sentence whose main clause is left unfinished until the end in order to create the effect of anticipation or suspense.

Questions about periodic sentences

What is periodic sentences the plural of?
Periodic sentences is the plural of periodic sentence.

Words near periodic sentences in the dictionary

  1. periodic inventory
  2. periodic law
  3. periodic month
  4. periodic months
  5. periodic sentence
  6. periodic sentences
  7. periodic structure
  8. periodic structures
  9. periodic table
  10. periodic tables
  11. periodical

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