Sentence examples for sentences work from inspiring English sources

Do long prison sentences work?

It is the rhythm, the breaks and pauses, that make Bragg's sentences work.

It's partly the syntax - bolt-on sentences work better in Spanish - but "I don't think that's the problem.

Once we understand how sentences work (what's going on? what action is taking place? who is doing it and to whom is it being done?), it's harder to write an incorrect one.

Mr. Schar argued that tough sentences work particularly well with white-collar criminals, like Mr. Blagojevich, given how such a class of bad actors is smart, educated and driven by greed, as opposed to ideology.

You've done your preparation, and just as a player wants to make the first pass an accurate one, so you want to make the first two sentences work for you.

But after a while the gentle, persistent lilt of the sentences worked their charm, lulling me into acquiescence.

He explained his view that some short prison sentences worked for some offenders and that Clarke's approach of trying to stabilise the 86,000 jail population by capping it was no longer official policy.

Ask: Why does each sentence "work"?

The job involved sitting at a table in an art gallery, repeatedly writing into notebooks the sentence "work is dictatorship" for 12 days, eight hours a day.

There should be pleasure in the language alone, yet not so much indulgent glee in the sentence work that it robs the characters of their oxygen.