Sentence examples for imperative statement from inspiring English sources

I've always associated the word "normal" when used within an imperative statement ("act normal," "be normal") with a 50s era parent hectoring their child to stop listening to the Doors or to stop reading James Baldwin.

Consider adding an exclamation point if the title seems to indicate an impassioned or imperative statement.

As opposed to an academic slideshow, the end of your business presentation isn't a simple conclusion; it's a clear and bold call to action, an imperative statement that is supported by your presentation rather than an educated opinion that is explained by it.

Meanwhile, logical empiricists (or logical positivists) were interested only in the analysis of expressions of moral judgment, which they reduced to imperative statements that are emotive and aimed at winning adherents.

Chef recipes are typically declarative (resources which define a desired state) but can include imperative statements as well.

Subtests 1 to 4 have simple and composite imperative statements that assess understanding of color, size, and shape.

"Prevention of military operations on the Korean Peninsula is imperative," the statement said.

Prescriptive meaning is defined in relation to imperatives: a statement is prescriptive if it entails, if necessary in conjunction with purely factual statements, at least one imperative; and to assent to an imperative is to prescribe action.

Such code is typically (but not necessarily) written in an imperative style, where statements represent actions the computer should carry out sequentially.

The illustrations' accompanying text has the timeless lilt of beginner literature, its odd combination of statement and imperative: "Run, rat, run!

And there is something encouraging in the way younger acts like Beirut and Vampire Weekend can draw on world music styles without needing to turn the act into a political statement, an imperative that doesn't always serve the art in question.