PROSPECTIVE in a Sentence

Learn PROSPECTIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
195 example sentences for PROSPECTIVE, such as:
1. The prospect of civil war is very real.
2. Major developments are in prospect for the company.
3. Early the next morning my prospective customer appeared.
4. The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.
5. She was not unduly concerned by the prospect of managing on her own.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PROSPECTIVE
prospective
 a.  of or concerned with or related to the future
Classic Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
1  Alexander the Sixth, in wishing to aggrandize the duke, his son, had many immediate and prospective difficulties.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ACQ...
2  Early the next morning my prospective customer appeared.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV.
3  On Friday the Rostovs were to return to the country, but on Wednesday the count went with the prospective purchaser to his estate near Moscow.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XV
4  also bore in mind that this was a prospective court official speaking to a disfavoured defendant, and he might well have been taking pride in speaking in this way.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
5  I have read with ardour the accounts of the various voyages which have been made in the prospect of arriving at the North Pacific Ocean through the seas which surround the pole.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
6  I cannot describe to you my sensations on the near prospect of my undertaking.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
7  His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing and that there was no other prospect of support.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  My children," she said, "my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  The prospect of marrying a Christian and remaining in a country where women were allowed to take a rank in society was enchanting to her.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
10  I was oppressed by fatigue and hunger and far too unhappy to enjoy the gentle breezes of evening or the prospect of the sun setting behind the stupendous mountains of Jura.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
11  The prospect of such an occupation made every other circumstance of existence pass before me like a dream, and that thought only had to me the reality of life.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
12  Something whispers to me not to depend too much on the prospect that is opened before us, but I will not listen to such a sinister voice.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
13  Such was the young clergyman's condition, and so imminent the prospect that his dawning light would be extinguished, all untimely, when Roger Chillingworth made his advent to the town.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
14  His spirit rose, as it were, with a bound, and attained a nearer prospect of the sky, than throughout all the misery which had kept him grovelling on the earth.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
15  The prospect of four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own mother's fortune, warmed his heart, and made him feel capable of generosity.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  Under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
2  The prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce.
3  And he did "tackle it again" -- and under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
4  The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.
5  Most hotels require confirmation from a prospective guest in writing.
6  A cascade of glitches in a major online college application program has frustrated prospective students across the country.
7  She viewed the prospect of a week alone in the house without much enthusiasm.
8  He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country.
9  The prospect of change of this kind has an unsettling effect on any organisation.
10  The prospect of civil war is very real.
11  She was not unduly concerned by the prospect of managing on her own.
12  Doctors are concerned at the prospect of heart patients having to wait up to a year for surgery.
13  He's not exactly thrilled at the prospect of working for his old rival.
14  She wasn't exactly overjoyed at the prospect of looking after her niece.
15  Major developments are in prospect for the company.