Sentence examples for was the operative from inspiring English sources

Flash was the operative word.

("Dumb" was the operative word).

"Pleasant," indeed, was the operative word.

In 1968 it was the only issue, and, for many on the left, "Dump the Hump" was the operative slogan.

By implication, he argues, the appellate reversal was the operative equivalent of a district court's judgment of acquittal, entered either before or after verdict.

CREEP was the operative word when I tested the SunRise Clock last week, a "natural alarm clock" that simulates the creep of dawn.

Try is the operative word.

Public being the operative word.

"Gradually" is the operative word.

Bored is the operative word.

Fighting is the operative word.