A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence, but a dependent clause even though it has a subject and a verb cannot stand alone. Here are some examples of complex sentences.

Compel in a Sentence 🔉

1. Sometimes I have to compel my daughter into doing her chores by threatening to keep her allowance.
2. The congressman believes we should compel people who receive public assistance to perform monthly drug tests.

Examples of compelling in a Sentence The novel was so compelling that I couldn’t put it down. He made a compelling argument. I would need a very compelling reason to leave my job. She had a compelling need to share what she had heard.

1 Love cannot be compelled. 2 Her illness compelled her to give up her job. 3 I was compelled to do so by absolute necessity. 4 The rain compelled us to stay indoors.

A complex sentence is formed by adding one or more subordinate (dependent) clauses to the main (independent) clause using conjunctions and/or relative pronouns. A clause is a simple sentence. Simple sentences contain only one clause (verb group). Complex sentences contain more than one clause (verb group).

A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent and at least one dependent clause (sometimes called a subordinate clause). When these two types of clauses appear in a sentence, we create a complex sentence. Consider this example: I like to eat the candy before I watch a movie.

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses that have related ideas. The independent clauses can be joined by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) or by a semicolon, as you can see in the compound sentence examples below.