Expectation

Examples

• But as Elizabeth could not receive comfort from any such expectation, she made no answer. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• There was a pleased bustle all though the Shelby mansion, that day, in expectation of the arrival of young Mas'r George. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• His wooden conceit and craft kept exact pace with the delighted expectation of his victim. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But now these thoughts faded before the new born expectation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Celia had been used to watch her sister with expectation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I have more than half an expectation of our all going abroad. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was in a state of dilapidation quite equal to our expectation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Unhappily, that expectation was now extinct within her for ever. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And has he ever showed any expectation of finding anything? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The following April he went back to Georgia, where he found unusually large crops of cotton had been planted, in expectation of using the gin. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Contrary to Bulstrode's alarmed expectation, he took little notice of Lydgate's presence, and continued to talk or murmur incoherently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs. Hale lay back in an easy chair, with a soft white shawl wrapped around her, and a becoming cap put on, in expectation of the doctor's visit. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It was the only good thing I had done, and the only completed thing I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If he has any expectations it is due to the fact that I have never wasted money, and I do not propose to begin to do so now. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mr. Fairlie had simply justified my expectations--and there was an end of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• What can the fitness of things mean, if not their fitness to a man's expectations? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In the first place: I am the daughter of a gentleman of family, and though my father is not rich, I have expectations from an uncle. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In my situation, it would have been the extreme of vanity to be forming expectations on Mr. Crawford. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Still looking at the fire, he said-- And who pretends to say Fred Vincy hasn't got expectations? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane could not have been wearied by long expectations. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He was 'only a plasterer,' Little Dorrit said, as a caution to him not to form high social expectations of Plornish. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• O expectations founded on the favor of close old gentlemen! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But perhaps your accommodations--your cottage--your furniture--have disappointed your expectations? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This is the end of the first stage of Pip's expectations. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There is no knowing what THEY may expect, said the lady, but we are not to think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

Edited by Clare