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Definition of "verbless" []

  • Without a verb. (adjective)

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Use "verbless" in a sentence
  • "That's not to say that there are none of Parsons 'usual coincidences, abrupt melodramas and statements of the bleeding obvious presented as aperçus and chopped up in short, verbless sentences."
  • "This wasn't a post about verbless sentences, and examples such as 'off with his head' are very different in character."
  • "Authors use such sentences all the time, often as a stylistic device to avoid excessive semi-colons although if you look at a Virginia Woolf novel, you will find both short verbless sentences and excessive semi-colons."