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Anticipation
"Anticipation" in a Sentence (17 examples)
An exhibition was given in anticipation of the Queen's visit.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Mother took the clothes off the line in anticipation of rain.
Half the pain of chest waxing is in the anticipation.
The anticipation is always worse than the calamity.
I can't stand the anticipation.
The next morning, Link woke up at seven o'clock, refreshed and brimming with anticipation. "Gee!" he stretched luxuriously and pressed the button on top of the Kingface alarm clock. "Oh boy, the day has finally come! I can't wait!" he mused on his way to the dining hall. "Morning, Link," the King gave him his typical greeting. "Munf-Munf? We ran outta Linky-O's. Gwonam has eaten them all." "Problem, guys?" said Gwonam with a smirk, but neither paid any attention to it. "Wow, thanks!" Link dug in enthusiastically, disregarding the strong taste that nearly made his eyes bulge. It was his own fault he let Gwonam beat him to it, after all.
There's a lot of anticipation.
The crowd waited in anticipation.
The crowd roared in anticipation.
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Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.
So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no feather.
He waited with great anticipation for Christmas to arrive.
He waited in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas.
November 20, 1836, Samuel Thodey, The Honour Attached to Eminent Piety and Usefulness anticipation of that final hour which he had long contemplated as near at hand
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.
[M]any Men give themſelves up to the firſt anticipations of their minds, and are very tenacious of the Opinions that firſt poſſeſs them; [...]
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