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

He understood the uncertainties of this location, and carefully watched the mule's anticipative ears which were symbols of treachery.

From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch

The cry of the angel, announcing her fall, as Mr. Elliot remarks, seems to be anticipative, and not retrospective.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester

She had traveled with him so long and so doughtily that he had never been able to form any anticipative picture of himself without her.

From The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)