anticipative

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

De Courval, rising, bowed to the anticipative partner, and said, "No; the President may want me."

From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

The soft melancholy of the countenance and attitude of Adonis, as if anticipative of his early death, and the languid self-sufficiency of Paris, appeared to me equally admirable.

From Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

A little quiver of excitement mingled with anticipative satisfaction ran through him.

From The Destroying Angel by Vance, Louis Joseph