How do you use Clause in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like construction or expression, plus the exact meaning.
Clause in a sentence
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Clause meaning
- A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
- A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
- A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.)
Synonyms of Clause
Example sentences (20)
A 4-3 majority of the court determined that the former president is unable to run for president under this clause.
I had opportunities to go and I had a clause in my contract that meant I could have walked when we were relegated.
And let us not overlook that quaint get-out clause known as the Queen’s consent, perhaps now the King’s consent.
It is taking advantage of a three-year break clause to end its five-year lease from the City of Edinburgh Council early.
A Cabinet Minister of the time (and it could have been so many of them) told Ms Toynbee it was 'socialism in one clause'.
He also pointed again to the 'disclaimer clause', which he claimed also told banks to do their due diligence.
However, he may not come cheap, with the American reportedly having an £88million release clause in his Valencia contract.
I almost spit out my drink the first time I heard one of Santa’s minions call Mrs. Clause a “reindeer-f**king snow whore”.
A handful of white families claim the federal law is based on race and is unconstitutional under the equal protection clause.
Echeverri, who has been linked with Barcelona and has been compared to Lionel Messi, reportedly has a release clause of €25m.
A subsection of the parks bylaw was amended to include a clause specifying that parks cannot be used as living accommodations.
Former White House counsel Neil Eggleston said the text of the “speech or debate” clause doesn’t apply to anyone but lawmakers.
In a double blow, Newcastle do not have a recall clause for Yankuba Minteh, the 18-year-old winger who is on loan at Feyenoord.
But there was a break clause in the loan agreement which means could have sent him back in January.
He initially was going to be dealt to the Washington Nationals, but a no-trade clause in his contract allowed him to veto the deal.
All appear to have been brought under the “levying war” clause of theseditious conspiracy statute.
Cash used in operations included approximately $800,000 to exercise an early termination clause to exit a facility during fiscal '24.
Freedman further asserts that the conservative firebrand’s non-compete clause is no longer valid.
In many cases, the Supreme Court would uphold the establishment clause and knock down such laws.
According to the FTC, about one in five American workers are bound by a non-compete clause.
Phrases with clause
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with clause
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clause in 22×
- clause of 21×
- release clause 19×
- clause and 13×
- the clause 13×
- clause is 12×
- clause to 10×
- this clause 9×
- rematch clause 8×
- clause was 7×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word clause. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.