I stood on the beach. The waves rushed to shore. The seagulls flew overhead. (Combine into a compound-complex sentence.)

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Riley Webster

7 May, 02:46

I stood on the beach. The waves rushed to shore. The seagulls flew overhead. (Combine into a compound-complex sentence.)

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Brice Bautista · Answer 1

As I stood on the beach, the waves rushed to shore, and the seagulls flew overhead.

Bridget Ayala · Answer 2

While I stood on the beach, the waves rushed to shore, and the seagulls flew overhead.

Explanation:

compound-complex = (at least one) dependent clause + two independent clauses connected together

One of the three original simple sentences (independent clauses) was converted into a dependent clause by starting it with an adverb (while).