complex sentence
Definition of complex sentence
noun
Grammar
A sentence with a main clause and at least one subordinate clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction. Examples of complex sentences are:
| She told him | that | she did not play again for over a week. |
| main clause | subordinating conjunction | subordinate clause |
| If | it rains | everything in the shed will get wet. |
| subordinating conjunction | subordinate clause | main clause |
| When | the children came back from school | they found | that | still nothing had changed. |
| subordinating conjunction | subordinate clause | main clause | subordinating conjunction | subordinate clause |