anticipation
Example Sentences
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I endowed that word “all” with special meaning, and pressed dresses and packed trunks in a delirium of anticipation.
From Literature
Contaifer admitted that the way that short trailer clips were spread through different pages "might be annoying for fans", but is a "smart idea" that builds anticipation.
From BBC
As it swings open the photographer holds his breath in anticipation.
From Literature
Live cattle futures—the price meatpackers pay feedlots for their livestock—are down 4% over the past month in anticipation of a strike.
The anticipation for the nominees to hear who else had won must have been palpable.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
