noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thrill of excitement/anticipation/pleasure
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As the plane took off, she felt a thrill of excitement.
quiver of fear/anxiety/anticipation etc
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I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
eager
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With eager anticipation , though her clear golden-brown eyes held a hint of sadness, Luce Weston descended the steps.
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For, as his master opened the kitchen door, there, in eager anticipation , stood Azor.
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As in the latter case, the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come!
■ VERB
feel
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He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house.
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Again he ran his left hand through his hair, but this time he felt a tingle of anticipation .
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By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.
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There was feeling of anticipation within her.
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Meg felt a bubble of anticipation somewhere beneath her diaphragm.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tingle with excitement/fear/anticipation etc
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I jerked back, tingling with fear, feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast.
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I remember walking into the board room tingling with fear and energy.
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My face was tingling with fear and I felt in imminent need of a toilet-roll.
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We were tingling with anticipation and at one with our surroundings.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The crowd's mood was one of anticipation .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By rights, she knew she ought to be feeling extra anticipation now.
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In anticipation and retrospect, holidays come into their own.
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The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.
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We looked out the windows goggle-eyed in anticipation of fiery death.
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Were those somehow frightening sensations of pleasure followed by an instinctive guilt and terrible anticipation ?