Example sentences for: antecedent

How can you use “antecedent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But it is clear that Pedro de Urdemalas is a Hispano precursor to Don Cacahuate, el pelado, Tin Tan, Cantinflas, and an antecedent of Chicano joking behavior.

  • Allin and the Murder Junkies as an influence/antecedent.

  • A causal association between squamous cell carcinoma arising in the head and neck region (HNSCC) and exposure to tobacco and alcohol is well established [ 1 2 3 ] . However, 10-15% HNSCC occur in patients without any antecedent history of tobacco or alcohol exposure [ 4 5 ] . Several studies have suggested that these patients have a divergent clinical course compared to patients with tobacco associated HNSCC, which may be a reflection of differences in the genetic composition [ 4 5 6 ] . Empiric evidence suggesting that non-smokers may respond differently to carcinogenic insults is offered in a report by Schantz et al.

  • Klepp, Entertainment Weekly ). Harvard Professor Stephen Greenblatt calls the report a "nonfiction novel" in the New York Times and finds its closest literary antecedent in the writings of medieval inquisitors, in particular Kramer and Sprengerr's Malleus Maleficarum . Adam Gopnik writes in The New Yorker that Americans overwhelmingly side with Clinton because "a scapegrace hero is always more appealing than a moralizing narrator."

  • As USAT , the NYT, and the WP note, there was little discussion of Starr's conclusions, the emphasis falling instead on Starr's motives and conduct--the main issues there being whether or not Starr had an antecedent bias against Bill Clinton, had inappropriate connections to the Paula Jones defense team, whether he had unlawfully detained Monica Lewinsky and/or violated her right to an attorney and indeed, whether he had lied about his treatment of her in a press release.


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