run-on sentence
nounDefinition of run-on sentence
: a sentence containing two or more clauses not connected by the correct conjunction or punctuation
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The narrator lives in a country whose mythic propositions hang in the same limbo as her run-on sentence. — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, "Can One Sentence Capture All of Life?," 6 Sep. 2019 Lucy Ellmann’s eighth novel — 1,000 pages long and primarily composed of run-on sentences — is an experimental narrative that probes the anxieties of life in contemporary America. — Annabel Gutterman, Time, "The 42 Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2019," 30 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'run-on sentence.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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