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declarative sentence

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  1. In grammar, the kind of sentence that makes a statement or “declares” something: “He eats yogurt.”


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After a tour of her laboratory and MRI scanner, dialogue about the frontal cortex and the mysteries of synapses, she offered a simple declarative sentence: “We are our brains.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

Statement A declarative sentence that has a truth value, meaning that it must be either true or false.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

In his left he holds a hand-painted sign etched with four words, one declarative sentence: “I did not forget.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021

One begins to yearn for a Diet Coke or a simple declarative sentence.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2016

"There!" said Cappy, as he dispatched this simple declarative sentence.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

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