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• After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.From the entry disappointed
• He sits back in anticipation of bringing the house down, but there’s merely silence.2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry bring the house down
• My mum follows each scrape of the pen with rapt anticipation.2016, Danny Scheinmann, The Half Life of Joshua Jones, London: Unbound, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry scrape
• A boar hooving the dust in anticipation of sinking a tusk into her flank?2016, Boris Fishman, Don’t Let My Baby Do Rodeo, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, page 231. From the entry hoove
• Waiting in anticipation to bite into Granny Bertha’s delicious, freshly baked bulkas made the fast all-the-more torturous.2016, Sheryl Ozinsky, “Bulkas”, in The Children’s Hospital Trust, Giving Back Childhood: Childhood Memories and Recipes from 50 Well-Known…. From the entry bulka
• Thus, anxiety anticipation is vital to the pathopsychological mechanism of SAD.2015 January 20, Changjian Qiu et al., “Analysis of Altered Baseline Brain Activity in Drug-Naive Adult Patients with Social Anxiety…. From the entry pathopsychological
• The nepenth of nostalgia is replaced by an amphetamine of anticipation.2013, Ogden W[illis] Rogers, “The Tipping Point (or, ‘There She Goes Again …’)”, in Beginnings, Middles, & Ends: Sideways Stories on the…. From the entry nepenthes
• Just thinking about how she would look without her clothes made his lad twitch with anticipation.2010, Loucinda McGary, The Wild Irish Sea: A Windswept Tale of Love and Magic, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry lad
• Etienne was so darkly handsome, and he was standing so close her heart bounced with anticipation.2010, Christina Hollis, chapter 6, in The French Aristocrat's Baby, Mills & Boon, page 128. From the entry trophy partner
• Sleep-overs took on the kind of salivatory anticipation that most children reserve for Halloween .2009 January 4, Joshua Yaffa, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times. From the entry salivatory
• A common “pre-apology” occurs when people “apologize” in anticipation of leaving a meeting early.2004, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry preapology
• When they returned, Jade's cheeks were abloom, her eyes alight with anticipation.1997, Ruth Langan, chapter 1, in Jade. From the entry abloom
• Anticipation bubbled him into song, and he broke forth into—A la claire fontaine M’en allant promener.1973, Henry Cecil Walsh, Bonhomme: French-Canadian Stories and Sketches, page 9. From the entry bubble
• At times the defense will overshift because of anxiousness, aggressiveness, or anticipation.1973, Richard W. Harvey, Coaching Basketball's Multiple Set Zone Offense, page 123. From the entry overshift
• A little festival in celebration of favours received—in anticipation of favours to come!1949, Vaughan Wilkins, “Uncle Richard’s Annual Alcoholiday”, in Once upon a Time: An Adventure, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry alcoholiday
• We all looked forward with pleasurable anticipation to the bunking-in with Co.1920, anonymous author, The Seventh Regiment Gazette, volume 35. From the entry boreism
• The anticipation built as the fish rounded the first curve.2017, Jeremy Tyrrell, Tedrick Gritswell of Borobo Reef. From the entry crabshell
• And with great anticipation it began to speak.2015 April 14, A.K. Ashic, Book One of Weird and Wacky Tales & Other Such Nonsense, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN. From the entry glom
• Everyone was eager to participate and, in anticipation during the day, garner as much tittle-tattle and gossip as possible.2012, Paul Doherty, “The Physician’s Tale”, in The Midnight Man: The Physician’s Tale of Mystery and Murder as He Goes on a Pilgrimage…. From the entry minstrel
• Mays ranged to his left, searching, digging in, pouring on the speed, as the crowd screamed its anticipation of a triple.2009, Jason Aronoff, Going, Going ... Caught!: Baseball's Great Outfield Catches as Described by Those Who Saw Them, 1887-1964, →ISBN…. From the entry range
• Danny would wait for weeks in anticipation of the day the final product was passed out by his teacher Miss Turner.2008, Tim Connelly, The Local News, page 41. From the entry say cheese
• The Yurgala fighters, the students of the ancient wisdom, stood guard around the enclavers, weapons poised, bristling with anticipation.2007, Kaye Linden, The Wisdom Keepers, […], page 12. From the entry enclaver
• There is a heightened sense of anticipation among the musicians.'2002 August 25, Kate Connolly, Amelia Hill, “Rattles^([sic – meaning Rattle]) fires parting shot at Brit Art bratpack”, in Alan…. From the entry make no bones about
• As a huge crowd watched in anticipation, the 52-year-old rain man whooped and chanted while hopping about on a hillside.1995 November 7, Mike Foster, “Raindancer charged with manslaughter - after 7 die in flooding!”, in Weekly World News. From the entry rain man
• "There was a lot of anticipation for this album," says Lisa Worden, music director of L.A. radio station KROQ-FM.1995 September 3, Steve Hochman, “They're Rancid, Not Spoiled; They have major labels calling. Their fans worship them. But somehow these…. From the entry cool kid
• In anticipation of Dr Hassiem's release the inquest of Mr Ngubene's death, originally scheduled for 13 April, was postponed sine die.1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 105. From the entry sine die
• The strict rule of the genitive anticipation in the Altaic languages originated on the basis of the suffixlessness of the genitive.1978, Karl H. Menges, “Problems of Tungus Linguistics”, in Anthropos, volume 73, number 3/4, St. Augustin: Anthropos Institute, →JSTOR…. From the entry suffixlessness
• A little of his pleasure was in the anticipation of seeing Southern Italy in bloom, now that spring is there.1936, International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers' Journal, page 70. From the entry gilden
• He smaked his lips in anticipation of the coming treat.1918, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.), Locomotive engineers journal. From the entry smake
• Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman. From the entry amid
• Royal pregnancies were not announced in those days; the news generally crept out, and public anticipation was aroused only when the child quickened.2013 February 21, Hilary Mantel, “Royal Bodies”, in Mary-Kay Wilmers, editor, London Review of Books, volume 35, number 4, London: LRB…. From the entry quicken
• The face was akindle with anticipation.2011, Poul Anderson, Three Worlds to Conquer. From the entry akindle
• The fragrant white apple blossoms had long since faded and dropped, revealing green nubblets patiently growing day by day in anticipation of autumn's harvest.2010, Jean Edwards, chapter I, in Quiltmaster, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, part I, page 173. From the entry nublet
• Europe in the Twenties and especially the Thirties entered a twilight zone between the afterlife of one war and the looming anticipation of another.2005, Tony Judt, Postwar, New York: Penguin, Introduction, p. 4. From the entry afterlife
• Now, I will admit that when it came time to lay knife on turducken, with everybody gathered around in avid anticipation, the result was horrifying.2003 January 4, Jim Kershner, “Happy Turducken Day”, in The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.: Cowles Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry turducken
• Bursting the bubble of a perfectly puffed tortilla smothered in chile con queso is the moment where anticipation meets realization in the Tex-Mex experience.2003, David Baird, Edie Jarolim, Don Laine, Barb Laine, Eric Peterson, Neil E. Schlecht, Texas (Frommer’s), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry chile con queso

Meaning of anticipation

1. noun The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
2. noun The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
3. noun Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.

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Questions about anticipation in a sentence

How do you use anticipation in a sentence?

Anticipation is used as a noun. For example: “Often the anticipation of a shot is worse than the pain of the stick.”

What is a short sentence with anticipation?

“I was giddy with anticipation.”

What does anticipation mean?

Anticipation means the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.