anticipatory

• “Perkins asked, crossing his legs at the knee, his expression anticipatory, respectful, his pen poised over his clipboard.”

  Simon & Schuster: The Glass Rainbow

• “They asked us to put on a two-day seminar in Capitol Hill in '75, excuse me, on what we called anticipatory democracy.”

  Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave

• “It is the hope of the Nonesuch Press that this announcement will cause the blood of many true collectors to tingle in anticipatory possession …”

  Monster Parties and why there are only 877 of the Nonesuch Dickens

• “I really must stop living one whole extra life in anticipatory fantasy, on top of my actual life which is altogether more ordinary.”

  Back To The Books « Tales from the Reading Room

• “These seemingly conflicting feelings of hope, fear, detachment, and love are normal and are known as anticipatory grief.”

  Simon & Schuster: Mothering Twins

• “The group met this week to discuss tactics for calming athletes and distracting them from what Stephen Sands , the team leader, calls "anticipatory anxiety.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Marathon Effort Behind a Triathlon

• “On an even deeper level, you need to watch your child with a level of anticipation experts call it anticipatory guidance, where you learn to see potential problems before they happen and steer your child to something else—kind of like keeping a soccer ball in play.”

  Simon & Schuster: You Raising Your Child

• “Then there's what Abrahamson calls the anticipatory screw-up.”

  Forbes: How To Get Paid To Do Nothing

• “Ahmad was standing in a way I could only describe as anticipatory, shoulders at one angle, hips at another.”

  Simon & Schuster: Edge

• “It could be used as a lesson starter, sometimes called the anticipatory set.”

  Designs on DaVinci

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