İngilizce dilinde “en uzun cümle” çeşitli kurgusal ve kurgusal olmayan metinlerde bulunabilir. Örnek olarak, James Joyce’un “Ulysses” romanında ve bazı yasal belgelerde oldukça uzun cümleler yer alır. İşte bazı örnekler:
1. James Joyce – Ulysses:
“Though their life was modest, they believed in eating well; the best of everything: diamond-bone sirloins, three shillings a pound, Wiltshire bacon, Grenoble walnuts, Smyrna figs, gooseberries, fresh, on the stems, still wet.”
2. Jonathan Coe – The Rotter’s Club:
“And the words seemed to flow, he felt strong and eloquent, and he spoke with a clarity and passion that surprised even himself, his doubts vanishing as he realized that he was indeed making sense, his thoughts coherent and persuasive…”
3. William Faulkler – Absalom, Absalom!:
“It was a wisteria vine, Burr remembered and it was actually a vine, not a tree, because it was composed not of limbs but of a head against the sky and the moving and trailing glitter of tree-foam…”
Bu uzun cümleler, genellikle detaylı betimlemeler veya bir karakterin düşünceleri ve duygularının akışını ifade etmek için kullanılır.