emulative

Example Sentences

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Then came the Erie Canal and the frenzied funding of emulative projects, many of which failed, but the successes redeemed the rest.

From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2016

His film is a variation on the master's masterpiece, Persona, but it has what Allen's other emulative exercises lacked, namely wit.

From Time Magazine Archive

What visions did he conjure of emulative ardour to carry off the prize among his companions, and win fame that might reflect its lustre on all his after life.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

His emulative practice of his art asks for a closer consideration than that usually given to it.

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Ransome, Arthur

Before long, her emulative spirit got her so interested in this particular game that she forgot not only the sham skirt but the sham pretense upon which she had bullied Irene.

From The Madigans by Lowell, Orson