Sentence examples for imperative a call from inspiring English sources

The father's power is symbolized by the knife he always carries, and though the standard phallic associations are present in the image, it also seems to represent a biblical imperative: a call to sacrifice that echoes Abraham's.

And, if I am hearing correctly that neo-reformed folks are understanding "post-Christendom" as a regrettable condition of an American culture that has rejected Christian values, and that returning Christendom is indeed preferable if not imperative (a call to resurgence!), then this may indeed be the ana-anabaptism.

Carol Muske-Dukes's "To a Soldier" is an epistle of sorts, an imperative, a call to a soldier in "a world away" to imagine autumn happening back home, in subdued "red/gold sentinels," while in the desert, where the soldier lives, "in the cities of armaments - //... the leaves die without turning - / Without color, they die".

"Even in this very tight budget," said Gene Sperling, national economic adviser, "the president felt that there was an imperative to call right now for a more simplified and effective training system" that also had an increase in funds.

It is surely imperative to call a second byelection to reverse the result.

Illes agrees, saying that "better engagement of neuroscientists in the conversation on these matters should not merely be a call; it is an imperative".

For me this has always been a call to action - an imperative to act justly; to stand up for, and in solidarity with, others - particularly marginalized groups.

If the patient is not being monitored, and when such a finding is seen on a nondiagnostic CTA, it is imperative to call the code team and immediately begin cardiopulmonary resuscitation rather than planning for a reinjection.

On a call with reporters, Microsoft President Brad Smith called the initiative an "economic and social imperative".

Asked what a snakebite victim should and should not do, he said it was imperative to call 911 to get medical help immediately.

Sometimes the subject is implied rather than stated, especially when the writer uses the imperative mood: "Call me Ishmael".