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

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

  • Liffey and Richard, a young London couple who move to the country with the expectation of having children.  - Puffball (novel)
  • They are being brought back with the spacefaring explorers with an expectation that they will be assimilated into their new parent culture.  - Women of the Prehistoric Planet
  • Philip and Alice take a flight to Amsterdam on the expectation that they will meet Lisa there, only to find she never arrived to the airport.  - Alice in the Cities
  • The expectation is that his father will be furious at having a newfangled Western instrument brought into his house.  - The Overture
  • And she finds out about Ravi that he doesn't have much expectation from his wife.  - Godavari (film)
  • With the expectation of inheriting a large amount of money, she decides to start a new life.  - Diary of a Lost Girl
  • A small US platoon of troops lands on a beach with little expectation of resistance.  - Clown Virus
  • The boy, Haru (Chris Farley), is raised amongst the ninja, with the expectation that he may be the one of whom the legend speaks.  - Beverly Hills Ninja
  • The expectation is that Jesse will ask the two brothers to join him in further robberies.  - The Long Riders
  • The Martians appear not to take this well, as it contradicts their religion's expectation of extinction.  - A Rose for Ecclesiastes
  • Count Cenci has sent two of his sons, Rocco and Cristofano, to Salamanca, Spain in the expectation that they will die of starvation.  - The Cenci
  • This is complicated by the fact that Frances dislikes Millie, but he is encouraged by the expectation that Andrew and Frances will soon marry.  - The Red and the Green
  • Simon is sent to a children's home, and Kerewin demolishes her tower, leaving with the expectation of dying within the year.  - The Bone People
  • The war was planned in the expectation of defeat—that was what the "Pacific Project" was all about.  - Mother Earth (novelette)
  • The men were raised with the expectation that they would become fishermen.  - The Perfect Storm (book)
  • The train continues towards the old Seneca trestle, where emergency workers are gathering in expectation of a disaster.  - Runaway Train (film)

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