Sample sentences for PROSPECTIVE

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concerned with or related to the future

prospective tax increases

Within weeks of returning to school, he met another prospective economics major, a girl named Lauren.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Best of Me
Tabulating the information I had collected about my prospective victims, I was able to concoct a suitable bait for each.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None
I'm sorry, probably not the sort of thing you want to hear from your prospective lawyer, heh?
Khaled Hosseini -- The Kite Runner
The situation was much on Tom's mind as they entered the restaurant and he saw his prospective father-in-law for the first time.
John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
I have a right to speak, not only as Rebecca's cousin, but as her prospective husband, had she lived.
Daphne du Maurier -- Rebecca
I haven't seen a prospective talent so promising since we found Jane and Alec.
Stephenie Meyer -- New Moon
Probably one of Connor's mates or prospective lady friends, she thought.
Nora Roberts -- Dark Witch
I'd had a long day at the model home, stapling Welcome packets and listening to my mother give her sales spiel to six different prospective clients.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever
The image Angel presented to the prospective female jurors was an even trickier issue.
Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
What will your prospective mates think when they hear of this?
Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
To serve as a prospective slave.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad
I haven't the highest opinion of you as a prospective son-in-law, Floyd.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
I looked around the plane at the faces of my fellow prospective paratroopers.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
This was the sort of look we got from prospective employers, except not pleased.
Susanna Kaysen -- Girl Interrupted
My prospective client hesitated, rubbing his fingers against his chin.
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
Yes, as before I had prospectively assumed that Bartleby would depart, so now I might retrospectively assume that departed he was.
Herman Melville -- Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street
Oker was impressed with this prospective tenant.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
What usually happens is that prospective citizens stay here a few days, getting the feel of the place.
Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End
Vital for strong healthy teeth, a dwarf's most important attribute the first thing a prospective mate looked at.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

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