anticipative

Example Sentences

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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

How does the reader show that ll. 7-12 are merely anticipative?

From The Ontario High School Reader by Marty, A.E.

During the next few days the village was in a state of anticipative pleasure and of effort to find for the rummage-sale articles which were damaged or useless.

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The Elder and Neil became restless and anticipative, and Maria could not escape the feverish mental contagion.

From A Song of a Single Note A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston