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
His poor mind seemed wholly taken up with one anticipative idea, and whatever failed to minister to that he hadn't, as poppa sadly said, any use for.
From A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') by Sara Jeannette Duncan
A little quiver of excitement mingled with anticipative satisfaction ran through him.
From The Destroying Angel by Louis Joseph Vance
This was peculiarly the appanage of youth, being the anticipative melancholy, the pensive foreboding, distilled from the blighted hopes of former generations of youth.
From Imaginary Interviews by William Dean Howells
