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
He had left his seal-oil lamp burning and now it was with an anticipative chuckle of joy that he untied the drawstring.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
The Mother thought she had never been so happy before in her life, and the ugly little beast yelped with anticipative joy.
From The Very Small Person by Elizabeth Shippen Green Elliott
How does the reader show that ll. 7-12 are merely anticipative?
From The Ontario High School Reader by A.E. Marty
