Anticipating

Examples

• Mr. Snagsby turns up the gas and coughs behind his hand, modestly anticipating profit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• You speak my sentiments precisely, ma'am, said Shirley, and I thank you for anticipating me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Tal Hajus arose, and I, half fearing, half anticipating his intentions, hurried to the winding runway which led to the floors below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But in this we are anticipating the definition of justice, and had therefore better defer the enquiry. Plato. The Republic.
• If he renewed it (and I had reasons, shortly to be mentioned, for anticipating that he would), I might be certain of his not escaping me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And so, as you have honoured me by anticipating, I examined the document. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Anticipating an easier victory than she had foreseen, she named an exorbitant sum. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She might think it was contrived, in case of the worse, to convey to him the means of anticipating the sentence. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Old lady,' said Mr Boffin, anticipating his wife, 'you hold your tongue. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Much obliged to you for recalling it so accurately and anticipating me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I don't know why,' Mr Wegg added, anticipating another question. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And did she go-- Yes, cried the girl, anticipating the inquiry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Only don't talk of anticipating means, Papa Meagles, as a discovery; because that would be too much. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Affery, anticipating the last movement, was on the staircase. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Anticipating the rising of the wind, that very evening, Cassy had been up and opened the garret window. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But I am anticipating now the purport of our conversation on the ride home instead of first marrying Caddy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Hearing nothing, we started before midnight and arrived early the following morning, anticipating the enemy by probably not over six or eight hours. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• At the same time--' 'You are very good, sir,' I murmured, anticipating a concession. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Lydgate was quick in anticipating her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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