Eventually, after the hero and heroine, it is the antagonist who comes with the most anticipation in any film.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened.
But if we learn to think of it as anticipation, as learning, as growing, if we think of the time we spend waiting for the big things of life as an opportunity instead of a passing of time, what wonderful horizons open out!
For black Catholics, the papal visit is a time of anticipation but also a time of reflection on their difficult - but important - place within the Catholic Church in America.
Thrills are much more about anticipation than action. An unfired bullet is more dangerous than one that has already met its target.
I live in constant anticipation of good stuff. It's not being 'Pollyanna' about things, but most stories don't have the ending we would give them right away. The better endings come later.
We look forward with great anticipation to see the course that the National Space Council charts for America's future in space.
The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got there. That's behind me now.
The roll out of a new car is always filled with great anticipation; it's almost like going back to school for a new school year.
