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

Long before train time not only the office itself, but the adjoining rooms and the porch outside, were comfortably crowded with a pleasantly anticipative collection of interested observers.

From In a Mysterious Way by Warner, Anne

A good hard gallop would have cured her anticipative homesickness, for it must be a very black care indeed that keeps its seat behind the rider.

From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

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