complementary

In a sentence

Six example sentences with complementary, each labelled with its topic.

• The two sculptors had complementary strengths, one shaping the clay and the other casting bronze, so every commission went to both.

  Art

• Her wide-angle lens and his long telephoto proved complementary on the safari, covering the whole herd and a single lion's face.

  Photography

• The two labs ran complementary experiments, one measuring the protein's shape while the other timed how quickly it folded.

  Science

• Sweet mango and hot chili are complementary, the fruit cooling the spice while the spice keeps the fruit from cloying.

  Cooking

• The two guards have complementary games, one driving to the rim while the other waits outside for the kick-out pass.

  Basketball

• Printers and ink cartridges are complementary goods, so a cheaper printer usually lifts demand for the ink as well.

  Economics

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains complementary. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• motivating
• elevate
• taping
• stabilize
• isolating
• isolate
• emphasised
• parameter
• inhibit
• briefs
• superficial
• attain