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"Complement" in a Sentence (31 examples)
In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.
I hope you can join us at these very important July DCA meetings and complement your stay by exploring some of the many affordable charms of Tokyo.
A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.
There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.
With the first election of a woman into the seat of chancellor, the feminine complement of the word, "chancelière," was chosen as the Word of the Year in 2005 by the Academy of German Language.
You should complement your nutrition with vitamins.
Can I complement you?
Listening to classical music and studying complement one another.
Replace the complement with the appropriate pronoun.
You complement me.
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Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
Some 11 members of Somerton council's complement of 15 stepped down on Tuesday.
History is the complement of poetry.
It would be too much to imagine that improving stations will alone create a much needed new image in the public eye; a smartly turned out station staff is a very necessary complement to a smart station.
London's Kings Place, now one year old, established itself as a venue for imaginative programming, a complement to the evergreen Wigmore Hall.
Why has our grammar broken down at this point? It is not difficult to see why. For, we have failed to make any provision for the fact that only some Verbs in English (i.e. Verbs like those italicized in (5) (a), traditionally called Transitive Verbs) subcategorize ( = ‘takeʼ) an immediately following NP Complement, whereas others (such as those italicised in (5) (b), traditionally referred to as Intransitive Verbs) do not.
The complement of blue is orange.
The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
The complement of 01100101#95;2 is 10011010#95;2.
The complement of 01100101#95;2 is 10011011#95;2.
The complement of −123 is 123.
A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.
perform all those works of mercy, which Clemens Alexandrinus calls amoris et amicitiæ impletionem et extentionem, the extent and complement of love[…].
And both encreast the prayse of woman kynde, / And both encreast her beautie excellent: / So all did make in her a perfect complement.
A doleful case desires a doleful song, Without vain art or curious complements.
Garnish'd and deck'd in modest complement,
A man should be judged by himselfe, and not by his complements.
We believe your addition will complement the team.
The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.
I believe our talents really complement each other.
A man of complements
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