CUMULATIVE in a Sentence

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The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight.

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 Meanings and Examples of CUMULATIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cumulative
 a.  increasing by successive addition
Classic Sentence:
1  The beaming sight, and the penetrating warmth, seemed to breed in him a cumulative cheerfulness, which soon amounted to delight.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
2  Their cumulative effect is certainly considerable, and yet each of them is quite possible in itself.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Example Sentence:
1  This drug has a cumulative effect.
2  It is simple pleasures, such as a walk on a sunny day, which have a cumulative effect on our mood.
3  Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.
4  "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" had its trip to the number one spot cut short, falling to third place. The film earned $17.5 million, bringing its cumulative domestic grosses to $263.8 million.