declarative sentence

Cultural  

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

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Example Sentences

“You can’t save what you don’t love,” reads the declarative sentence that opens the novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022

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

As with the country that informs the place, Bistro 1521 can be difficult to explain in a concise, declarative sentence.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2018

When a parenthesis forms the end of a declarative sentence the period is placed outside the parenthesis, as in the preceding example.

From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)