Sentence examples for the imperatives from inspiring English sources
noun
The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
But the imperatives of the news business will prevail.
In practice, that's often a false choice; the imperatives overlap.
Such are the imperatives of vulnerable houses and historic preservation.
They pledge allegiance to the imperatives of an aggressive press.
But he understood the imperatives that kept CNN's attention pinned on Firdos Square.
The boundaries of whiteness have often reflected the imperatives of U.S. foreign policy.
Once you understand the imperatives Republicans face, however, it all makes sense.
Correct design information and projection are the imperatives of a set of engineering drawings.
He insisted that his mind had not been carried away from the imperatives of the game.
Under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein, history was subservient to the imperatives of state power.
I have been prepared to set aside the imperatives of partisanship in favour of common empathy.
