EXPECTATION in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for EXPECTATION, such as:
1. She expects to fail the exam.
2. The result is contrary to expectation.
3. There's no expectation of snow tonight.
4. The expectation is that property prices will rise.
5. His expectation adds to the pressure on my shoulder.
2. The result is contrary to expectation.
3. There's no expectation of snow tonight.
4. The expectation is that property prices will rise.
5. His expectation adds to the pressure on my shoulder.
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Meanings and Examples of EXPECTATION
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expectation
n. anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
n. belief about (or mental picture of) the future
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 This expectation will now be the consolation of your father.
2 I crept into my hovel and remained in silent expectation of the accustomed hour when the family arose.
3 The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply.
4 These feelings are transitory; each day of expectation delayed fills them with fear, and I almost dread a mutiny caused by this despair.
5 In seasons of cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself.
6 But they had no curiosity to see how Mr. and Mrs. Palmer ate their dinner, and no expectation of pleasure from them in any other way.
7 They were obliged to put an end to such an expectation.
8 The disappointment of the evening before seemed forgotten in the expectation of what was to happen that day.
9 And Marianne was in spirits; happy in the mildness of the weather, and still happier in her expectation of a frost.
10 From this moment her mind was never quiet; the expectation of seeing him every hour of the day, made her unfit for any thing.
11 He is the most fearful of giving pain, of wounding expectation, and the most incapable of being selfish, of any body I ever saw.
12 But that was not enough; for when people are determined on a mode of conduct which they know to be wrong, they feel injured by the expectation of any thing better from them.
13 The Miss Steeles removed to Harley Street, and all that reached Elinor of their influence there, strengthened her expectation of the event.
14 Her own happiness, and her own spirits, were at least very certain; and she joined Mrs. Jennings most heartily in her expectation of their being all comfortably together in Delaford Parsonage before Michaelmas.
15 Mr. Harris, who attended her every day, still talked boldly of a speedy recovery, and Miss Dashwood was equally sanguine; but the expectation of the others was by no means so cheerful.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 There's no expectation of snow tonight.
2 He amply fulfilled the weight of expectation that they had placed on him.
3 That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
4 When there's no expectation, losing won't bring hurt, gaining makes you surprised.
5 For some time he lived with the expectation that he was going to die.
6 The fact is that the world is out of everyone's expectation.
7 We are confident in our expectation of a full recovery.
8 His expectation adds to the pressure on my shoulder.
9 The expectation is that property prices will rise.
10 The result is contrary to expectation.
11 Rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year.
12 Cetia expects to announce a PowerPC-based graphics board and a graphic single-board computer in the second quarter.
13 Even though California banks are not rushing to announce new ATM fees, researcher Shields expects many will impose them.
14 I suppose head office expects us all to troop down to London for this meeting.
15 She expects to fail the exam.