How to use "anticipate" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "anticipate" in popular movie and book plots

  • What Haghi does not anticipate is that the couple will fall in love.  - Spione
  • Steph does not anticipate Lauren's anger at her sudden rise in popularity, or Jason's confusion and shock at her behavior.  - How to Be Popular
  • They also did not anticipate such heavy resistance from the humans, whom they thought were driven to extinction by the Tiberium.  - Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
  • Her stepfather Okonkwo, who has ambitions of being made a chief, begins to anticipate a large bride price for her.  - The Bride Price
  • The soldiers anticipate attack from outside and on the island and take all sorts of inept precautions.  - Mediterraneo
  • The farmers set up an ambush, but Fox and the others anticipate it and launch a counterattack.  - Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)
  • During the night he attempts to assassinate his target but does not succeed when the distrustful rebels anticipate his actions.  - Red Scorpion
  • The writers of the series did not anticipate that the BBC would cancel the programme at the end of the third series.  - The House of Eliott
  • Creatures like us that can anticipate possible futures and make contingency plans have an evolutionary advantage.  - Possible Worlds (play)
  • Nor does he anticipate her becoming a sexual tigress who seduces every female she encounters, including even Marty's own secretary.  - The Sex Monster
  • However, the reporters on-scene anticipate his acquittal.  - The Boondock Saints
  • The inhabitants of Boulder anxiously anticipate the birth of a baby by Stu's love interest, Frances Goldsmith.  - The Stand
  • Due to a KGB mole, the Soviets anticipate Kelly's arrival and the mission is disastrously compromised.  - Without Remorse
  • The men, both at personal low points, treat the matter as one of honour; they exchange names and anticipate a duel.  - Master and Commander
  • Marge reassures Norm that lots of people use 3-cent stamps; the two happily anticipate the birth of their child in two months.  - Fargo (film)
  • She seems to anticipate Margo's every need, including placing a long distance phone call to Bill when Margo forgets his birthday.  - All About Eve

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