Sentence examples for antecedents are from inspiring English sources

But other military antecedents are plausible, too.

His antecedents are obscure -- not unknown but certainly unplayed.

Somewhere down the line, my antecedents are Spanish.

If the antecedents are confusing, the emotions are, too.

The argument is muted, but its racial antecedents are very clear.

Cycadophytes probably had their origins among the Devonian progymnosperms (Progymnospermopsida), although the particular antecedents are unknown.

O'Brien's ghostly antecedents are all literary - from Borges to Stevenson, LeFanu and both MR and Henry James.

The 30-odd short lyrics here are complicated, atmospheric, passionately private affairs in which antecedents are hazy and italicized interjections are plentiful.

Most of the "he"s and the "his"es in the book refer to Cromwell, including ones whose antecedents are not Cromwell.

What the historic antecedents are for Pabst Blue Ribbon I wouldn't know, but it was originally brewed in Milwaukee, a city viewed as hardy and working class.

Some online sources attribute this to the 1949 John Wayne film She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (what Wayne actually said in that film was "Never apologise, mister – it's a sign of weakness"), but its antecedents are murky.