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run on

noun, verb as in yak/yap

verb as in chat

verb as in yak

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Example Sentences

I have computed the figures for The Fatal Dowry in regard to double or feminine endings and run-on lines.

The French name enjambement is sometimes used to designate a "run-on" line.

There is always a pause at the end of a line in Old English; run-on lines are uncommon.

The dominant characteristic of this verse is its avoidance of enjambement, or run-on lines, still more of run-on couplets.

There is a fairly free use of run-on lines; according to Schipper, 35 in the first 250 of the translation.

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On this page you'll find 481 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to run on, such as: babble, blather, chat, chatter, clack, and confabulate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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