anticipation
Example Sentences
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My mother had spent her final days in eager anticipation of pastel sunsets in desert skies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
But the anticipation made the Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
There was initially a lot of anticipation over how relations would play out between Robert Francis Prevost and Trump -- two very different world leaders at odds over many issues.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The glory of Coventry's return to the Premier League won't dim for some time yet - certainly not for supporters who have a summer of giddy anticipation ahead.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“With some money down,” I replied, for an uneasy remembrance shot across me of that symmetrical bundle of papers at home—“with some money down, and perhaps some anticipation of my expectations.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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