4. Periodic Sentence

My sentence:

With jaunty arms and style in his step, whistling barely beneath his breath, Jerome struts down the street.

Other examples:

"Ev'ry time I look down on this timeless town,

whether blue or grey be her skies,

whether loud be her cheers or whether soft be her tears,

more and more do I realize, I love Paris in the spring time."

Cole Porter from the song, "I Love Paris"

Mr. Porter uses the phrases of opposing descriptions to emphasize his love for Paris in all of her moods and seasons.

"Since no man has natural authority over his fellows, and since Might can produce no Right, the only foundation left for legitimate authority in human societies is Agreement."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "The Origin of Civil Society"

Monsieur Rousseau, perhaps the first to extol the virtues of "republicanism" in which government actually represents the people, uses the logic of the first two clauses to set up his point in the main clause.