How To Use Anticipation In A Sentence

There is growing anticipation that the prime minister will have to resign.
He uses the ambiguity of passageways and transitional spaces to construct an esthetic of anticipation.
And 'offloaded' him into a Master in anticipation of the great dark knight? The Tao Of Sith
I woke up this morning with a knot of excitement and anticipation nestling comfortably in my stomach.
Among the dainties was a live pig, which squeaking and grunting in anticipation of its fate, supplied to this orderly procession the absence of a musical band. A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1

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I wanted to soak up the sense of preparation and anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
This led to flirtatious, prolonged seductions and the delicious build-up of anticipation and desire.
We look forward to your lecture with eager anticipation.
With a 33 km mountain run behind me and a 67 km white-water kayak ahead, I felt pain, dread, exaltation, jubilation, anticipation, fear and joy - give me more emotions.
Mystra was flush with anticipation as they dismounted, leading their horses up the steady incline of the road.
I attended with some positive anticipation, because the Poulenc Concerto, along with the Camille Saint-Sa'ns Symphony No. 3 avec orgue (with organ), have always seemed highly imaginative examples of gifted composers managing to craft beautiful and meaningful, even reflective statements for the mighty and potentially overpowering instrument. Undefined
To look in the mirror without judgment or negative anticipation can be a useful suggestion at particular times in some treatments. Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model
Stevie shut his eyes tight, restraining himself, trying to hold his anticipation in check.
The lunar high could bring a touch of excitement and anticipation into your life. The Sun
She was disgusted at herself and yet the anticipation was sending thrills through her body. The Glasgow Girls
For a moment, in the joy of anticipation, a strange light illuminated his face, his lips parted as in a foretasted wonder, and he forgot even to drop the hand he had just withdrawn. The Little City of Hope A Christmas Story
‘That's everybody's goal, but anticipation is greater than realization,’ Bucky said.
My children bring me great joy (especially as the little ones vacillate between squirming with curiosity and tittering with barely kept secrets in anticipation of Christmas).
But anticipations of victory, however rational, were premature.
The hired thugs, both in front and behind him, lowered their daggers and craned forward in anticipation.
As we left Girvan, with the sun shining, the wind blowing in its usual and helpful easterly direction, we climbed away from the town on a good open track which, despite the steep gradient, added to a sense of keen anticipation.
When, in the middle of the the first season, callow account exec Pete Campbell walks past striving-to-be-a-copywriter secretary Peggy Olson's desk without acknowledging her, Peggy's incremental comprehension of her powerlessness with this guy she's had sex with is documented in her face's shift from anticipation to abashment to acceptance. Sheila Weller: Mad Hopes for the Mad Men Women
There was a real party atmosphere and a great sense of anticipation as the fans waited for the Elvis lookalike and soundalike to appear on stage.
As Paul says, all creation groans in anguished anticipation of the day when God's glory will transfigure all things. Medpundit
Less than 24 hours before its scheduled landing, the anticipation is clearly building already.
Leaks from the Vatican, in anticipation of the document's release, suggest that the Pope will introduce five new mysteries to the Rosary.
In fact, sometimes the happiness in anticipation is greater than the happiness actually experienced in the moment - that's known as "rosy prospection. Gretchen Rubin: Balanced Life -- Get More Bang for Your Happiness Buck: Revel in Anticipation.
At the proposed arrival of the young Queen, who was well worthy of the most ardent devotion, the "leal" heart of Scotland swelled with glad anticipation. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1
All over the world, bottles of red wine are being uncorked and coffee percolators are burbling away pleasantly in anticipation: it must be time for Norah Jones's second album.
It is this energetic feedback and element of anticipation that gives jazz its incredible dynamism.
Late next year, 870 No. 10 million will roll off the line in Ilion, N.Y. In anticipation of that milestone, I traveled to the factory in April to assist with the birth of an 870, specifically, serial No. AB457021M, a left-handed 12-gauge Express, the 9,524,500th 870 ever built. It Always Goes Bang
She felt the horse's anticipation, and decided to unbridle him early and let him run.
Finally the fugu is set down in front of us to hushed anticipation.
You want to be surrounded by a low buzz of excitement and anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
Shuddering with fear and anticipation at the prospect of the weekend ahead, she risked opening her eyes again.
We've chartered the aircraft in the hopeful anticipation that the government will allow them to leave.
The posthumous publication of his diaries is awaited with trepidation by some and eager anticipation by those who knew him best. Times, Sunday Times
It starts with the sound of feet slooshing across wet grass and giggles of anticipation, then ooof and boing as they struggle to climb aboard.
After chatting with the vet, I went home and cleaned like a madwoman in anticipation of Julie, best friend extraordinaire's, arrival.
At school I sat in anticipation of the day that Mr Sutton would come in and tell us that everything we had learned so far had been an elaborate jape on his part, and the real stuff would now begin.
He slowly got up and breathed in the new day, filled with anticipation for this afternoon, but all of a sudden was struck with a sharp pain in his chest.
That look inspired the same feelings as a thunderhead on the horizon-fear and anticipation.
The phrase tickled all my after-dinner-coffee sense of humor into an anticipation of Poker Flat. The Land of Little Rain
I couldn't resist a tingle of anticipation at Chelsea's reaction.
Right at the end the reader becomes aware of elaborate setups put in place hundreds of pages back, in anticipation of the spectacular climax - the unveiling of Penrose's best shot at promoting further research into his twistor theory.
A tennis player shows good anticipation by moving quickly into position.
It was the morning of the house tournament and the air was already thick with anticipation.
The police also raised the barriers at the Riom tollgate in anticipation of the satanic Vel Satis making a break for freedom.
After a pleasant journey we arrived safely - yet it was far from our anticipations and the mood of contentment lapsed.
Yet very little work was done in anticipation of what was seen as the remote possibility of a British departure from the European project. Times, Sunday Times
She's even decorated the spare room in anticipation of your visit.
It seems to be a magical day full of hope and anticipation for the great future to come.
The lengthening of the days and the anticipation of the new season's produce perk us all up in the restaurants. Times, Sunday Times
The currency markets are busily marking sterling down against both the dollar and the euro in anticipation of early action.
It became a custom, in anticipation of a "shivaree," to send round word to Mrs. Ferris not to be afraid, the shooting was all in fun. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
We know the feeling of eager anticipation in the hour or two before training, of running the workout through in our minds, of knowing before we even enter the gym that we're primed to unleash our best efforts.
This little beauty would make even the ultimate gadget freak purr with anticipation.
Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday fought back against criticism that trying accused Sept. 11 terrorists in New York City poses a risk, saying that U.S. courts have safely tried terrorists, and that Americans should not "cower" in anticipation of the trials. NPR Topics: News
I believe there is nothing more to be said or done to-night, "responded the duke, in a desponding tone -- for it _cannot_ be an exhilarating anticipation to have to get up in the morning and stand up to murder, or be murdered, even where the duellist is the bravest of men, backed by the serenest of seconds. The Lost Lady of Lone
Focused on the game, Mortlock wondered what his rival was about and seeing nothing but an expression of boyish anticipation, he smiled knowingly.
Now, the anticipation cranked up another notch. The Sun
I wanted to soak up the sense of preparation and anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
Nonetheless, a purity of sorts still remains, evident in the heavy anticipation of the quadrennial event.
With a slow-motion gaze, the camera panned across a sea of nameless people, focusing on expressions of worry, boredom and anticipation as they awaited their party's arrival.
At this time of year, many parents of college-bound students approach their mailboxes with great anticipation.
Remember, though, that most applications, for some time to come, will still be 32-bit in nature, so don't upgrade with the anticipation of running scads of 64-bit programs.
His own tightened in anticipation, and he swore softly under his breath.
As the days pass, our participants discover and discuss new possibilities of psychophysiological self-regulation - breathing deeply to relax in spite of the anxious anticipation of leading a group for the first time, or to find a calm place from which to encounter memories of family members "martyred" by violence. James S. Gordon: Open Minds, And Warm But Troubled Hearts In Closed Gaza (Pt. 1)
For, as his master opened the kitchen door, there, in eager anticipation, stood Azor.
As a result, the urn pushes beyond the logic of consumer desire: where the consumer can at least hope for an imagined consummation from a given commodity, the urn makes that satisfaction impossible and emphasizes the paradoxical bliss one takes in an anticipation that is never fulfilled. Ode on a Grecian Urn
The dog drooled in anticipation of his dinner.
She had, it is true, no fortune, but that of my friend was ample; and he delighted in the anticipation of indulging her in every elegant pursuit, and administering to those delicate tastes and fancies that spread a kind of witchery about the sex. — “Her life,” said he, “shall be like a fairy tale.” The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
Our conversation was hampered by the presence of the driver of the hired wagonette, so that we were forced to talk of trivial matters when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation. The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars
A dose of modestly positive and stable inflation acts as an economic lubricant, encouraging consumers to spend and businesses to invest in anticipation of that demand. Times, Sunday Times
He has been afloat for three days at a stretch, unable to land safely on any of those rocky islands, trapped on the boat, using a bucket for his latrine, running short of gas, putting life jackets on the carboys of drinking water in anticipation of shipwreck, and then finally limping back to Bahia without having captured a single chuckwalla—which for him represents the penultimate indignity. The Song of The Dodo
The first of the week was always the most difficult and unaccommodating as pressers relaxed in anticipation of the coming days.
Meg felt a bubble of anticipation somewhere beneath her diaphragm.
I would add that laws against price gouging also reduce the incentives for businesses to maintain inventories of supplies in anticipation of possible storms. The Case for Price Gouging, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Reports say that thousands of eager spectators are descending on the town in anticipation of the event.
According to Raoof, many of the features introduced into DB2 are either at the request of application vendors or in anticipation of requirements they may have.
We don't want them showing up at the theater at the wrong time, or coming in anticipation of a circus when the symphony is playing.
I thought I was getting a good Karl Marx look in anticipation of the holiday season. This, sports fans, strikes me as unmitigated nonsense « Dating Jesus
This erotics of identification invariably frustrates the viewers' anticipations and appeals instead to their puzzle-solving abilities.
This simple reality is hidden from view by early philosophical and theological anticipations of mass schooling in various writings about social order and human nature.
Classical music codas produce the anticipation of resolution.
Modest and stable inflation acts as an economic lubricant, it gets consumers to spend and businesses to invest in anticipation of future demand. Times, Sunday Times
Of course my own personal countdown clock continues to tick away in joyful anticipation as the bacon-wrapped leg of the James tour heads my way. Back in the U.S.S.A.
Somehow, he has traded this parlous position for the heady anticipation of today. Times, Sunday Times
He'd wanted some hope that his negative anticipations would be proven wrong, but I had just confirmed that leaving college would not only be as bad as he feared, but actually much worse.
Some of the increased spending measured this month may be in anticipation of the increase in tax next year. Times, Sunday Times
As soon as the Castilians came in sight, the Tlascalans set up their yell of defiance, rising high above the wild barbaric minstrelsy of shell, atabal, and trumpet, with which they proclaimed their triumphant anticipations of victory over the paltry forces of the invaders. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes
The stir of that anticipation was in the air, the warm earth was parting above the swelling seeds, and all the pine-woods were full of the minute crepitation of opening bud scales. Love and Mr Lewisham
It involves calling on such resources as imagination, knowledge of style, and anticipation of what is likely to come next in a particular passage of music.
Anticipation proved better than the debate itself, with its weak moderation and unintelligent, emotionally charged outbursts.
You want to be surrounded by a low buzz of excitement and anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
As she rattles off a list of pursuits that include snorkeling, kayaking, beach volleyball, scuba diving, windsurfing and water skiing, my anticipation and adrenaline levels skyrocket.
There are bizarre anticipations of the Princess Diana cult - airhead clothes-horse becomes martyr for entire, weeping nation - in this musical about the trophy wife of dictator Juan Peron.
Small talk and precious jokes veneer the sea of anxiety and anticipation that grips Dix - just one example of his ‘nervous’ energy.
But the rules only covered a portion of the lending methods available to military personnel -- payday loans, auto title loans and refund anticipation loans, which are high-interest loans based on the expected proceeds from an income tax return. At Fort Sill, High-Interest Lenders Circle The Gates
In recent years, though, advertisers have begun revising their assumptions and strategies in anticipation of profound demographic shifts. The End of White America?
Our natural anticipations deceive us -- I say _natural_ in contra-distinction to extravagant expectations. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series
Anticipation is keen, excitement is not far away, people are living for the moment.
Winning on clay is a mind game and he has the anticipation and knowledge when he plays the ball.
Angus, crouching over a keyboard in the corner, waited in pleasurable anticipation for his entry.
When the anticipation lapsed into frustration, he relaxed his muscles, the bedsprings creaking under him as he eased over onto his back. Sleepwalkers
In anticipation, flatwork finishers are taking the time to get certified now.
Before the sharp shrill sound there was a beautiful mix of anticipation and security. Times, Sunday Times
This was a sacrifice of expiation; and the reason why he was allowed to offer it on Mount Moriah was partly in gracious consideration to his fear of repairing to Gibeon (1Ch 21: 29, 30), and partly in anticipation of the removal of the tabernacle and the erection of the temple there (2Ch 3: 1). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Others had imported fuel in very large quantities in anticipation of price increases, whilst forex was unprocedurally externalised.
Looking to the future with anticipation is pleasurable and, crucially, also helps you drift back off to sleep. Times, Sunday Times
This rite is a vigil, not an anticipation, and in this sense one can say that the rite of Holy Saturday is the first part of unit, the second being the Mass of Easter itself which is celebrated on Sunday morning. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 6.1 - Holy Saturday and the Blessing of the New Fire, Procession, Exultet, Prophecies
It would be a massive understatement to say that Condorcet's forecast of advances in science, technology, and medicine has held up better than his anticipations of progress in ethics and politics.
The movie has fascinating echoes and anticipations of films like Casablanca, Paths of Glory and Lawrence of Arabia, and it tells an unglamorous truth about fear among the officer classes.
At one of York's premier football grounds, the air of anticipation quickly erupted into ecstasy at the first goal.
A tennis player shows good anticipation by moving quickly into position.
The horsemen looking on with the keen anticipation of those about to be mightily entertained paid me the compliment of rapidly becoming bored.
The management at South Forks raised the rent in anticipation of downtown businesses relocating.
It is the Olympic finals and the natatorium has fallen silent as everyone leans forward in hushed anticipation.
Kaltag could not feel the importance of this call, for he was blinded with anticipation.
Up to this point, I have had to slice all of the individual sectors with a knife which takes way too long especially when the anticipation of eating the grapefruit is too much to stand already. Archive 2008-02-01
What at first was no more than a dim anticipation of approaching catastrophes developed, after 1914, into an all-pervading obsession.
Then, it was on to a posh restaurant for the reception where I was positively salivating in anticipation of the delicious food I'd been told about.
Police had deployed more than 100 officers in anticipation of trouble. Times, Sunday Times
Such anticipation as I had was more pleasure than pain, and the event itself passed without drama or incident.
She was disgusted at herself and yet the anticipation was sending thrills through her body. The Glasgow Girls
As I plotted the epic crash of this colossus, my heart began to pound in anticipation.
The increasing simplification traceable from the Egyptian epigraphic hieroglyphs to the Greek and Roman alphabets and the anticipation of modern stenography and telegraphic code in the cuneiform inscriptions (Semitic) and the virgular quinquecostate ogham writing (Celtic). Ulysses
This eager anticipation almost mocks readerly expectation as it is simultaneously manipulating it.
For players such as Pandolfo, who was a Boston University junior in 1995 when New Jersey won the title, the anticipation is a killer. USA TODAY Latest news
They sat on the floor like children at a birthday party, each of them wearing an expression of joyful anticipation, as if expecting the most wonderful present. A better woman
Hawkers moved among them, offering bibingka, turon and cassava cakes, as the crowd’s collective heart beat in fervent anticipation of the incredible event. V. At the Plaza Binondo
At each intersection, Converse had cringed in anticipation of the bullet, the blade, the hatchet.
Urbanization is happening at such a brisk rate that the government is planning entire new cities in anticipation of large new urban populations.
Yet very little work was done in anticipation of what was seen as the remote possibility of a British departure from the European project. Times, Sunday Times
It takes its name from the early Christians' anticipation of Christ's Second Coming, to be followed by a millennium, or thousand-year reign of peace and tranquillity.
Gripped by a mixture of anticipation and dread, I unwrapped the bag and opened it.
She has also started to conceptualise the passage of time, filling her constant conversation with memories and anticipations.
each of them had their own anticipations
When I came upon the deli, its sign glowing like a beacon in the brumous night, a slight twinge of anticipation quickened my pace.
Anticipation is keen, excitement is not far away, people are living for the moment.
The red foxes wait as drool goes down their mouth with anticipation.
In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans.
But what that means is that when, in our present history, you can say of someone that they 'know the Lord', what's happening is an anticipation of the end of time, when real justice happens: it's a kind of foretaste of what Christians call 'the Kingdom'. South Africa - No-one can be forgotten in God's Kingdom
The anticipation is building inside me like a helium balloon, ready to burst from all the pressure high up in the atmosphere.
Each time she thought of his name, a mix of pleasure and anticipation welled up inside her.
Join us in breathful anticipation as Elena Kagan is inevitably confirmed for the SCOTUS. James Carville to Barack Obama: Get Down Here and Do Something, Cajun Style! | Indecision Forever | Political Humor, 2010 Election, and Satire Blog | Comedy Central
Then why this grand spectacle, starting from titillating anticipation to frenzied post-mortems after the budget is unveiled?
The noise, which had been post-prandial in its intensity, rose in anticipation.
Aesthetic values, on the other hand, are a celebration of mind over matter, a refusal to yield to the brute presence of the given, the triumph of imagination, anticipation and longing, over the world of things.
Luke the hunter ... Folly felt a thrill of anticipation, mingled with fear.
He was excitedly imbued with overwhelming anticipation, but he couldn't shake the feeling that something would go wrong.
We may become so obsessed with our ability to anticipate future events that our anticipations may seem to be real to us.
But that has not dented his anticipation or enthusiasm for the coming campaign.
I attribute that to jitters, which is certainly understandable, given the anticipation that surrounded this showdown. Michael Smerconish: The Debate is Over: Santorum for Pennsylvania
Taylor was excited and full of anticipation at the prospect of the trip.
Anticipation, want, fear, and affection warred within her.
They buckled in 2000 in anticipation of the economic slump, and hopefully their resurgence now is a pointer to better things to come in the years ahead.
Fans, waiting in anticipation, sung along to the folksiest songs of Against Me! Playback:stl Syndication
And so to the main course, and a build-up of breathless anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
What the film has managed to maintain though, is some degree of anticipation for more. REVIEW: Quantum Of Solace « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it. Alfred Hitchcock
Juan de Lyone's eyes glinted in anticipation as he watched his men, they scattered the deck in no real order, sharpening weapons and fixing cutlasses and daggers to their belts.
Since then the anticipation quietly simmered, then hotted up to a mighty boil, until last Sunday morning the day finally arrived.
There was great excitement and keen anticipation. Christianity Today
But now he fairly leaped out of bed and laughed with the thrill of anticipation. The Broken God
I had to go and rewatch Aliens and it was fun, definitely a summer popcorn action flic but not as strong as Alien..then I had to watch the third one and I think it worked well! there was nothing really new added but the desperation was real and a good twist to anticipation and suspense.. Alien Prequel Going 3-D and a New Trilogy on the Horizon? « FirstShowing.net
The Prelude no.15 itself begins as an idyllic stroll full of anticipation and becomes more emphatic as the bass line takes over the melody and the treble assumes the role of harmony.
Aid agencies are stockpiling food, tents and medical supplies in the Middle East in anticipation of up to one million refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries.
True to the principles of fine theatre, the Moriarty Tribunal has left its audience in keen anticipation ahead of its scheduled resumption on Thursday.
After a good twenty minutes in one of these megastores, however, experience tells that the dizzy anticipation is usually replaced by just plain dizziness.
Groups of hikers are gathering, nailed boots are clattering on the concrete, and there is a general air of anticipation.
You get a sense of thrill, expectation and anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
They loved to tiptoe dramatically across the bridge grimacing in anticipation of waking their imaginary monster.
He waits in eager anticipation as she changes into her negligee in the bathroom…
The difference is that accounts payable are for bills the company receives from other businesses. And accrued expenses are accounting entries a company makes in anticipation of being billed.
Finally there is anticipation, excitement, atmosphere.
Sit in breathless anticipation, gripped by its overwhelming excitement.
A tennis player shows good anticipation by moving quickly into position.
It's a question that should raise only agreeable options and pleasant anticipation. Times, Sunday Times
As the person gets nearer and nearer to the supermarket so their level of anxiety may be gradually rising in anticipation of difficulty.
Fans of Northampton Town and Scarborough must be wringing their hands in anticipation of their clubs' fourth round ties against Manchester United and Chelsea respectively.
This is a pleasant picture of the great writer's domestic life, and it gives also a faint 'adumbration' of what is now forgotten: the intense curiosity and eager anticipation that was abroad as to what he was doing or preparing. John Forster
Either way, nothing beats strawberry season - standing in the patch, when the aroma of strawberries floats by you on the breeze and you start to salivate in anticipation.
His ears buzzed with anticipation of the fear that that clawed at the surface of his mind, daring to break loose and cause pandemonium upon all common sense and knowledge.
Bags are being packed, sleeping bags aired out and coolers stocked in anticipation of the season that beckons.
The first, representing initial chaos, generates a mood of excited anticipation rather than fear.
We were all looking forward to the reviews with great anticipation. The Other Side of Me
The entire day is passed in religious exercises, but anything which could in the least savour of any public cult of the martyrs is sedulously guarded against, as such anticipation of the Church's official action would seriously interfere with the cause of their canonization, which is now under consideration at Quebec. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne
We include him in eager anticipation of a return to form. Times, Sunday Times
The next morning the breakers over the shallow plateau might have had surfers across the world salivating in anticipation, but for divers they looked alarming.
Some of the increased spending measured this month may be in anticipation of the increase in tax next year. Times, Sunday Times
The inclosed account will show you that the advances we have made were not warranted by the sale, & that the demand has not been equal to our anticipations. Letter 401
An eager anticipation of the Lord's return keeps us living productively.
Those delicious shivers of anticipation you feel coursing up and down your spine have nothing to do with Valentines Day; it's your body telling you that the Junos are coming up, and by gum you better get ready!
He was feeling the most delirious thrill of joy, mixed with an agony of anticipation, and spiked with that most potent spice: fear.
I was gritting my teeth in anticipation of the witches/magic payoff which, thankfully, did NOT come. ENCHANTING • by Patsy Collins
The Duke of York's lodgings at both palaces were remodelled and refurnished in anticipation of the 1673 marriage.
Tim watched Rayner's betrayal with the horrified anticipation of a first-day-on-the-floor med student at a thoracotomy. THE KILL CLAUSE
Now, the anticipation cranked up another notch. The Sun
In the late '70s, anticipation would have had us in near rapture waiting for another Annie Hall or Manhattan, but alas we have entered a new century, and cynicism is the order of the day.

How To Use Anticipation In A Sentence

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