antecedents
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
While going rather easy on King George, Ms. Worsley is dismayed by the strategy of her antecedents, whose tactics often seemed calculated to fan the sputtering flames of rebellion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
“If I do something that shocks me or that I’m not proud of, I’m able to frame that behaviorally and sort of understand the antecedents, the behavior itself and then the consequence,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Hurley was a longtime art professor who died, age 72, in 2021; he knew his abstract antecedents by heart.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
After all, machines that could play decent games of chess did not appear until the antecedents of IBM's Deep Blue in the late 20th century.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
One ridiculous accident which happened about this time is worth mentioning, not because it had any consequences or antecedents, but because it was somehow the sort of thing which happened to Lancelot.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
