initiatory

Example Sentences

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That initiatory dinner consisted of mashed potatoes and jellied cranberry sauce from the can, a dish he loved because its sweet-and-sour flavor tasted faintly of home.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2016

Indeed, mothers must take the initiatory step in giving to youthful impulse the right direction.

From Nature and Culture by Rice, Harvey

“I beg to express to your lordship”— “Sam!” said Mrs. Harris, interrupting him, “you have omitted the very pith and essence of initiatory greeting.”

From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest

Perceiving that a young squire is receiving an initiatory lesson into the art of driving; or that a jibbing horse, or a race with an opposition coach, is endangering your existence.

From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)

Then the blacklisting of ex-employes began, the Missouri Pacific taking the initiatory step.

From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by Burns, W. F.