How to Use declarative in a Sentence

declarative

adjective
Definition of declarativenext
  • The soundtrack is a synth-heavy melange that can be ambient or anthemic, intimate in its excavation of inner feelings or defiantly declarative, at times leaning into rap.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
  • As Metea’s No. 1 golfer, Shah demonstrates a bold and declarative style.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The vocal writing can be declarative and songful at the same time.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Even with the company's declarative words, there still might be room for hope.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2016
  • Making things even more distant is the declarative style that Dodge’s cast adopts.
    — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • My goal was to make clear, steady, declarative statements.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • While the songs hold their own, with help from Jason Neri’s five-piece band, melodies do not linger, and lyrics are more declarative than witty.
    — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 3 June 2018
  • After the first game, Flores had a declarative answer to the question after the first game.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Her prose, like his, is briskly declarative and full of surprises.
    — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2017
  • The Rockies’ decision to keep him was a declarative non-move.
    — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2017
  • This type of open-source standard with a declarative policy can save time and cost.
    — Gerry Gebel, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • But in time even simple declarative sentences start to warp.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021
  • And so at the time, we were taught to use short, declarative sentences to keep the reader moving, and also to control the sort of pace of delivery.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • There are plenty of declarative statements that may or may not mean anything on their own.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
  • One on our terms, and with a stance that is declarative and increasingly front-facing.
    — Melissa Magsaysay, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
  • That would be, of course, when Jim Harbaugh was their coach, spoke in clear, declarative sentences, won games, and didn’t care that much about the whims and worries of owner Jed York.
    — Tim Kawakami, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2017
  • That’s exactly the kind of declarative boast that would never come from the careful Cooper.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The letter, though, with its declarative statements that Ms. Dickinson lied, gave rise to a fresh claim for defamation.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • On the title track, now a jazz standard, his trombone plays a central role in carrying the bold, declarative melody.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2021
  • The album bursts with music that’s declarative but thoughtfully sharp, much like Rateliff’s hero Roger Miller.
    — John Wenzel, The Know, 7 Feb. 2020
  • If solutions are built properly, super users can use declarative means to add to or change parts of the system from day to day.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The show will be up for at least two-and-a-half years, says curator Ranald Woodaman, who points out that the word Presente translates to here or present, as a declarative roll-call response.
    — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2022
  • For Ibn Ezra, the explanation should be read as a declarative statement.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 21 Aug. 2017
  • For Ibn Ezra, the explanation should be read as a declarative statement.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Despite so many declarative statements about what her love is now, the pulse behind J. Lo’s star power is as faint as it’s ever been.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The book’s chapters are succinct, often shorter than a page; the sentences are concise and declarative.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 14 July 2017
  • The waiter stood, unmoving, taking in the simple, declarative piece of news.
    — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The Alabama Shakes singer brings a full-throttled mix of noise rock, jazz, and (yes) metal in this declarative single-take jam off her solo LP.
    — Marc Snetiker, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Taylor said the movie is not an attempt to make declarative sentences about Black America.
    — Uwa Ede-Osifo, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Trifonov took a determined approach to declarative episodes in the first movement.
    — Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2022

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