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 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 Cameron, Agnes Deans
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)
This was peculiarly the appanage of youth, being the anticipative melancholy, the pensive foreboding, distilled from the blighted hopes of former generations of youth.
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean
