anticipative

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.

Mahalia was even more anticipative about her subsequent pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

The President issued two proclamations—one anticipative, one celebrative.

From Time Magazine Archive

But had Pierre now reread the opening paragraph of her letter to him, he might have very quickly derived a powerful anticipative objection from his sister, which his own complete disinterestedness concealed from him.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

The cry of the angel, announcing her fall, as Mr. Elliot remarks, seems to be anticipative, and not retrospective.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

So, by the way, did Split, out in the hall, her eye at the crack of the door, her feet lifting alternately with anticipative rapture.

From The Madigans by Lowell, Orson