Using "Enter" to start off a sentence (2025)

The underlying sentence is: "Enter the forensic linguist, who is to contribute towards concluding the guilt or innocence of the suspect".

Hi, I was wondering if this was possible, since I just read it in a text. It's the first time I run into the usage of a verb at the beginning of a sentence, and I can't recall any other verb used in this position, so please tell me if this is possible even with other verbs.
Then, as to the meaning, I think it means "At this point [this figure] enters", and I'm pretty sure beacause it makes sense and seems the more logical hypothesis.
And, last thing but this is deductable, is the register of this. I think it pertains to a high/formal register, because the whole article where I took this sentence from seemed quite formal.

Thank you!

heypresto said:

Please provide the source of this sentence, and some context.

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Try reading the first sentence I wrote...

sisedesnonis said:

heypresto said:

Please provide the source of this sentence, and some context.

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Try reading the first sentence I wrote...

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What heypresto means is that the users of this forum (including those who ask about grammar) should always provide the title and author of any text that they are quoting and explain what is being discussed in the part that they have quoted. I might also suggest apologizing...

Määränpää said:

What heypresto means is that the users of this forum (including those who ask about grammar) should always provide the title and author of any text that they are quoting and explain what is being discussed in the part that they have quoted. I might also suggest apologizing...

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You might also look at previous threads on this construction, such as:
Enter Evan
Enter Reagan, a man with the great advantage
Enter the caddis fly,
Enter the <character's name> [stage directions]
"enter the dragon"
Enter the Dragon
Enter the man...

So your source is Cambridge English - Learning English: Forensic linguistics, a text describing the role of the forensic linguist in solving crimes.

And this is the immediate context:

Consider a situation where a threatening message is left on a voicemail. The recipient of the message accuses the person he believes to have left the said message, but the law dictates that the accused be given a fair trial, where it must be proven beyond reasonable doubt that he committed the deed. Enter the forensic linguist, who is to contribute towards concluding the guilt or innocence of the suspect.​

I imagine that by now you will have read the previous threads I linked to in post 5, and worked out that this "Enter X" construction has the format of a stage direction. It's not particularly formal in itself; it can be used humorously, for example.