nominal sentence

noun

, Grammar.

1. a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nominal sentence¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Intimations come out at intervals that the judges will never dare to pass any but a nominal sentence upon him.

From Project Gutenberg

Though, if he can invent for the paramour a German name, he will still receive but a nominal sentence.

From Project Gutenberg