How to Use declarative in a Sentence

declarative

adjective

• The food may be the chefs’ declarative statement of growth, but the decor says a lot, too.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2024
• This was not a survivalist kind of move; this was a declarative one.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
• Even with the company's declarative words, there still might be room for hope.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2016
• Her prose, like his, is briskly declarative and full of surprises.
  — Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2017
• Nemesis begins with a banger of a declarative scene.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 May 2026
• What are the charred, declarative results?
  — Leonard David, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• There are plenty of declarative statements that may or may not mean anything on their own.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
• This type of open-source standard with a declarative policy can save time and cost.
  — Gerry Gebel, Forbes, 15 July 2022
• The vocal writing can be declarative and songful at the same time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• Making things even more distant is the declarative style that Dodge’s cast adopts.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• One on our terms, and with a stance that is declarative and increasingly front-facing.
  — Melissa Magsaysay, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
• The Rockies’ decision to keep him was a declarative non-move.
  — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2017
• The essay’s many short, declarative sentences gave off a punchy, defiant vibe.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
• Whoa, some other therapists are saying, don’t be in such a rash rush to make declarative judgments.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Gone are the declarative statements about his ability and upside.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Trifonov took a determined approach to declarative episodes in the first movement.
  — Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2022
• 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
• After the first game, Flores had a declarative answer to the question after the first game.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 7 Oct. 2020
• The simple, declarative statements of feeling are coming out this week, people!
  — Rose Maura Lorre, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
• The waiter stood, unmoving, taking in the simple, declarative piece of news.
  — Bill Buford, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
• Teams treading water make necessary moves, not declarative ones.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 22 Jan. 2026
• 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 book’s chapters are succinct, often shorter than a page; the sentences are concise and declarative.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 14 July 2017
• His declarative sentences turn upward at the end, like a series of unanswerable questions.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2024
• 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
• Also see the strong likelihood of a declarative rebound game by Burrow.
  — Greg Cote december 18, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
• For Ibn Ezra, the explanation should be read as a declarative statement.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2024
• For Ibn Ezra, the explanation should be read as a declarative statement.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• For Ibn Ezra, the explanation should be read as a declarative statement.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 21 Aug. 2017