hypothetical imperative

A hypothetical history of how words become part of the colloquial lexicon.

Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.

Nature, ever buoyant and imperative, does her best to remedy the ills created by "Man's inhumanity to Man."

For it was mother Martha and not her daughter who had obeyed Mrs. Cecil's imperative: "Come here!"

Let nothing, but the most imperative duty, call you out upon your reception day.

Only an hour was given to St. Albans, much less than we had planned, but our late start made it imperative that we move onward.