Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

annunciatory

  • a word derived from annunciate.
    annunciate
    verb (used with object)
    to announce.
  • a word derived from annunciator.
    annunciator
    noun
    an announcer.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Mr. Raymond makes his entrance with a coolly annunciatory melody, shadowed first by his bassist, Joe Martin, and then also by his pianist, Dan Tepfer.

From New York Times May 5, 2015

When the U.S. population shifted from rural to urban areas in 1920, there was no annunciatory thunderclap.

From Time Magazine Archive

Political Self-Portrait, like its predecessors, is full of what seem like the antics of an annunciatory angel dancing on the top of a Harvard education.

From Time Magazine Archive

The riotous preparations and annunciatory yells had died away to an intimate murmur of conversation.

From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie

At noon we sweep up to the post-house at Amsteg, with a jingle of bells, a crack of the whip, and an annunciatory shout from the driver.

From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton

More Suggestions