promiseful

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All others met at odd30 times and places, breathing in the promiseful air of the clean sod, resolute to put the world of hopeless failure behind them.

From The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota by Garland, Hamlin

The yielding odorous soil is promiseful after its stubborn hardness of winter months and we watch it eagerly for the first herbaceous growth.

From Some Winter Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John

It was not precisely the romantic valley of our song, but it was a rich and promiseful plot and my father seemed entirely content.

From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

She consulted the newspapers and found a number of advertisements, some of them a little too mysterious, a little too promiseful.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert