emulative
Example Sentences
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Then came the Erie Canal and the frenzied funding of emulative projects, many of which failed, but the successes redeemed the rest.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2016
His film is a variation on the master's masterpiece, Persona, but it has what Allen's other emulative exercises lacked, namely wit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Miss Ethel, rendered thoughtfully emulative by the evidences of her sister's progress, contented herself with tossing her head peremptorily and disdainfully at her treacherous sister.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
Before long, her emulative spirit got her so interested in this particular game that she forgot not only the sham skirt but the sham pretense upon which she had bullied Irene.
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
His example, the wonderful incentive of his work, the absolute perfection of his conclusions, must have proved marvellous emulative factors for the students who flocked to Alexandria.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
