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Sentences ending with expectation

The new meeting was too unlike his expectation. [10]
He scarcely had time for recollection and expectation. [10]
The Colonel enjoyed this bustle and confusion amazingly; he thrived in the air of-indefinite expectation. [5]
Of the former they had many, of the latter few--none perhaps beyond that indefinable uneasiness which is inseparable from suddenly awakened hope, and protracted expectation. [12]
Everybody was on the tiptoe of expectation. [4]
But presently, as the light grew, I heard shouts which drew nearer and deeper and brought me to my feet in an uncertainty of expectation. [9]
I believe that the human mind, whenever it is developed enough to comprehend its own action, rests, and has always rested, in this expectation. [4]
Now, as the sun was about to set, the latter gave herself up to a wild tumult of sweet memories, anxious fears, and yearning expectation. [10]
Her irritability had suddenly quite vanished, and her anxious, imploring eyes were fixed on him with greedy expectation. [2]
Cannot the Judge perceive a distinction between a purpose and an expectation? [7]

Sentences containing expectation two or more times

It was my purpose and expectation that this canvass would be conducted upon principle, and with fairness on both sides, and it shall not be my fault if this purpose and expectation shall be given up. [7]
All was expectation, and for some time nothing but expectation. [6]

More example sentences with the word expectation in them

But what security would there be for any calculations in life in a state of things in expectation of a revolution any moment? [4]
Not a single word unconnected with his trade, the weather, or an accident, had ever reached the friends' ears from Chello's thick lips, and this circumstance seemed to warrant Hermon in the expectation of learning from him the pure, unadulterated truth. [10]
The physician noticed, with warm sympathy, how deeply this mysterious expectation had influenced her excitable nature, ever torn by varying emotions, and the excellent man was ready to aid her as a friend and intercessor. [10]
He was often with us, in flying visits, and I can well remember that his coming and the expectation of it gave a kind of elation to the summer--that and Margaret's supreme and sunny happiness. [4]
Curiosity, inquiry, expectation, were common to them all, but with each was a different personal feeling. [11]
As the days went by and she did not appear, his expectation became a kind of torture. [4]
One day he was obliged to remain at the house in expectation of receiving important telegrams, and the only people who appeared at lunch were Lady Lawless, Mrs. Gregory Thorne (who was expecting her husband), Miss Raglan; Pride, and himself. [11]
In her eyes was no expectation, no hope. [4]
His heart throbbed violently as, full of anxious expectation, he obeyed her signal to draw nearer. [10]
Belief was stamped upon it; not expectation or ambition, but faith and fidelity. [11]
This follows from unconscious selection during a long series of generations--that is, the preservation of the most approved individuals--without any wish or expectation of such a result on the part of the breeder. [1]
This patient remained two days in the expectation that labor would come on, when she returned home and was then suddenly taken in labor and delivered before she could set out for the hospital. [3]
The "Stewart" referred to was the millionaire merchant, A. T. Stewart, whose body was stolen in the expectation of reward. [5]
These had consented to the strike reluctantly, through fear, or had been carried away by the eloquence and enthusiasm of the leaders, by the expectation that the mill owners would yield at once. [9]
So, entrusting Whisker to the charge of a man who was lingering hard by in expectation of the Job, he suffered his companion to take his hand, and to lead him up the dark and narrow stairs. [12]
I should expect to find faith in humanity greater and not less than it is now, and I should not expect to find that Mr. Froude's mournful expectation had been realized, and that the belief in a life beyond the grave had been withdrawn. [4]
People are apt to conceive, or at least to profess, exaggerated expectation, such as no performance can realise; then ensue disappointment and the due revenge, detraction, and failure. [14]
The first Preface to a book is apt to be explanatory, perhaps apologetic, in the expectation of attacks from various quarters. [6]
Barbara knew that this expectation deceived him. [10]
She was never there, and he condemned himself for thinking that she might be; but yet wherever he walked there was always the expectation that he might encounter her. [4]
For a day the world stops to see it; the newspapers spread abroad a report of it, and the modest scholar feels that the eyes of mankind are fixed on him in expectation and desire. [4]
By the time the travelers pulled up at a store in Bakersville they had lost all expectation of recovering the missing article, and were discussing the investment of more money in an advertisement in the weekly newspaper of the capital. [4]
Looking back to the time when I left America, I can recall the expectation of finding a Britain beginning to show signs of distress. [9]
And furthermore, when the time arrives for me to speak on this great subject, I hope I may say nothing to disappoint the people generally throughout the country, especially if the expectation has been based upon anything which I may have heretofore said. [7]
An examination of the soundness of this expectation will not lead us far astray from our subject. [4]
Morbid expectation of the hanging had for them a gruesome diversion. [11]
If I knew the faltering talk in that hour of growing confidence and expectation, I would not repeat it. [4]
It is like the expectation of the possibilities of electricity. [4]
He had entered the cella of the sanctuary with the expectation of finding a peculiar, probably a powerful work, but one repugnant to his taste, and left it fairly overpowered by the beauty of this noble work of art. [10]
I see below the archway where it issues from the underground recesses of our establishment; and there stands a bust, in serious expectation that some one will walk out and saunter down among the rocks; but no one ever does. [4]
It is obvious that a minute reply cannot be made in one column to everything that can be said in six; and, consequently, I hope that expectation will be answered if I reply to such parts of the General's publication as are worth replying to. [7]
Every movement was subdued; anxious, nay, fearful expectation was written on many faces, and on others impatience and disappointment. [10]
Wild excitement, expectation strung to the highest pitch, and party-feeling, both for and against, had always, of course, been rife here; but to-day they were manifest in an acuter form--hatred had added its taint and lent virulence to every emotion. [10]
This expectation is sometimes stronger than it is at others; and, again, there are always those who say that the Golden Age is behind them. [4]
The period of social and political ferment during which "Alcuin" was put forth was not unlike that which may be said to have reached its height in extravagance and millennial expectation in 1847-48. [4]
But while they so expected, they gave nothing for that expectation, and they put no provision in the Constitution requiring it should be so abolished. [7]
The crowd was silent; expectation was at the utmost pitch of tension, and Dada's eyes were fixed spell-bound on the obelisk and on the quadrigas that whirled round the bourn. [10]
That the earl should wish to come to America again without hope or expectation was, however, quite human nature. [4]
Even Pyramus Kogel's short letter, informing her of her father's convalescence, and the news from the seat of war which Frau Traut communicated to her to divert her thoughts, and which she had usually anticipated with impatient expectation, awakened only a fleeting interest. [10]
The first few sentences had not been heard by the others present; but Shon's last speech, delivered in a ringing tone, drew the miners to their feet, in expectation of seeing shots exchanged at once. [11]
He did not recognize the independence of Texas; he did not assume to put an end to the war, but clearly indicated his expectation of its continuance; he did not say one word about boundary, and, most probably, never thought of it. [7]
One of the reasons why the college-bred man does not meet this reasonable expectation is that his training, too often, has not been thorough and conscientious, it has not been of himself; he has acquired, but he is not educated. [4]
Notwithstanding these ample provisions for the colony, Smith had small expectation that it would thrive without him. [4]
And yet there prevailed in the community a vague sense that millions were there, and a curious expectation of some individual benefit from them. [4]
Not about the person who was always in his thoughts--oh, no--but about himself, and all he was doing, in the not unreasonable expectation that the news would go where he could not send it directly--so many ingenious ways has love of attaining its object. [4]
While the quoted paragraph about the Procession seems to indicate that Mrs. Eddy is expecting to occupy the First Place in it, that expectation is not definitely avowed. [5]
Every expectation held out in the handbills is realised to the utmost, and the whole forms an effect of imposing brilliancy hitherto unrivalled in this kingdom. [12]
This exciting expectation on the part of the Quijadas lasted nearly a whole year, for it was that length of time before Don Philip finally left the Netherlands and reached Valladolid. [10]
His small head on its long neck was never for a moment still; the ruthless wretch had sat waiting day after day in expectation of death, and it was by a miracle that he found himself once more at the height of his ambition. [10]
Even though they often refuse their aid, we may still be grateful for the expectation of relief. [10]
Did any one of the thirteen colonies entertain such a design or expectation? [7]
The lion's share of his gains he loaned to broken gamblers, without expectation of return, gave to starving artists, or flung with lavish hand to beggars. [10]
Hermon had not noticed his entrance, and did not disturb him now, but fixed his gaze upon his mobile features in intense expectation. [10]
It was never my expectation to have it occupied in the summer. [9]
So, against expectation, my acquaintance was the victor. [5]
I learn with much satisfaction that the noble design of a telegraphic communication between the eastern coast of America and Great Britain has been renewed, with full expectation of its early accomplishment. [7]
All excursions are much alike, exhilarating in the outset, rarely up to expectation in the object, wearisome in the return; but, nevertheless, delightful in the memory, especially if attended with some hardship or slight disaster. [4]
The features of most of the persons present expressed reverence and expectation. [10]
Her imploring eyes met his, and the happy expectation of seeing her brother lent them a light which brought joy to the friendless sovereign. [10]
The call was made, and the response of the country was most gratifying, surpassing in unanimity and spirit the most sanguine expectation. [7]
If, perchance, he looked three times at her consecutively, she gaped with expectation, hoping that he would tell her that her face was not so red to-day as usual--a mark of rare affection. [11]
The road was long, and yet short, for my brain whirled with the expectation of seeing Nick again, and the thought of this poor, pathetic, ludicrous expedition compared to the sublime one I had known. [9]
Not in a long time had she neared her home with such expectation and longing. [11]
Glad expectation had long since turned to impatience, impatience to a feeling of injured dignity, and this to annoyance and bitter vexation, when at last Pulcheria came back instead of Paula, and begged him from Paula to join her in the garden. [10]
She talked of little else, until in her small world there grew up a vast expectation of magnificence, of which hints appeared from time to time in the newspapers, mysterious allusions to Roman luxury, to Nero and his Golden House. [4]
There is nothing like the thrill of expectation over the first throw in unfamiliar waters. [4]
Longing and expectation lay in every look, in the low tone of her voice, in her measured walk. [10]
The situation had its own piquancy, partly in the surprise of some of those assembled at finding themselves in bohemia, partly in a flutter of expectation of seeing something on the border-line of propriety. [4]
The sight of it was a momentary rapture, and then the expectation of what it might contain gave her a feeling of faintness. [4]
The English language is strained for words hot and rude enough to express his indignation, contempt, and fearful expectation of speedy judgments. [4]
A woman's reputation is almost as much affected by the expectation of what she may do as by anything she has done. [4]
We received everywhere in the Provinces courtesy and kindness, which were not based upon any expectation that we would invest in mines or railways, for the people are honest, kindly, and hearty by nature. [4]
His outer man, in its proud patrician beauty and winning charm, even surpassed her loftiest expectation. [10]
I had hoped in former years that she would become a missionary, but I have given up all expectation of that now. [6]
This particular winter in Chaudiere had been full of excitement and expectation. [11]
Natasha grew pale, in a panic of expectation, when she remained alone with him for a moment. [2]
One reason, as I said, for the gulf between the majority and the select few to be educated is, that the college does not seldom disappoint the reasonable expectation concerning it. [4]
In that passage I indicated no wish or purpose of my own; I simply expressed my expectation. [7]
No interview with him as yet had encouraged this expectation, but a mother's heart easily sees, even in disappointment, a step which leads to a new hope. [10]
Intemperance is so highly destructive, that the expectation of life of the intemperate, at the age of thirty for instance, is only 13.8 years; whilst for the rural labourers of England at the same age it is 40.59 years. [1]
The devoted, the heroic, the great-hearted Beauregard is there, and he, too, knows what is expected of him and will not disappoint that expectation. [7]
The failure of her expectation of seeing her rival trampled in the dust had transformed her jealous resentment into hatred, and though she was her niece, she even transferred a portion of it to Charmian, who had placed herself between her and her victim. [10]
With friendly words he restored Wolff's liberty, and expressed the expectation that, with such a companion, he would raise the noble house of his ancestors to fresh prosperity. [10]
No sooner had he given out that he would depart for England than they persuaded Mr. Percy to stay and act as President, and all eyes were turned in expectation of favor upon the new commanders. [4]
But I really had no desire to deceive anybody, and no expectation of doing it. [5]
The elephant torch-bearers had greatly delighted him, and in the expectation of seeing Melissa again, and of a public recognition that he had won the fairest maid there, he had come into the Circus in the best spirits. [10]
I had now given up all expectation of finding the road, and was steering my way as well as I could northward towards the valley. [4]
I have seen gardens which were all experiment, given over to every new thing, and which produced little or nothing to the owners, except the pleasure of expectation. [4]
Doubtless many came from banquets, cookshops, taverns, or the nocturnal meeting-places of the sects that practised the magic arts, yet the weight of anxious expectation seemed to check the joyous activity, and wherever Archibius glanced he beheld eager, troubled faces. [10]
I cannot help feeling something of the excitement of expectation till the post hour comes, and when, day after day, it brings nothing, I get low. [14]
She awaited the fateful hour with anxious expectation. [10]
Its success was far beyond Irving's expectation. [4]
She had no faith, no belief in immortality, no expectation of any reward, nothing to offer to anybody beyond this poor life. [4]
Every face, every eye was turned to the Curia, in the evident expectation of something great and strange taking place there. [10]
I have often expressed an expectation to die, but I have never expressed a wish to die. [7]
He knew from experience the tormenting expectation of terror and death the cornet was suffering and knew that only time could help him. [2]
Contrary to my expectation, only two of this class were found. [7]
Contrary to his expectation, Davout, after hearing him, became still surlier and ruder. [2]
And always the expectation that it will be different tomorrow. [4]
He has the expectation of making money, of making more than he could by lending his money. [4]

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