How to Use anticipate in a Sentence

anticipate

verb

• The organizers of the fair anticipate a large crowd.
• The cost turned out to be higher than anticipated.
• I did not anticipate having to pay for your ticket.
• The author anticipated objections to his theory.
• He eagerly anticipated her arrival.
• And, in the past, grandkids would anticipate a visit from their grandparents as a treat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2024
• Officials anticipate that the building will open in the fall of 2024.
  — Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• What Duggan didn’t anticipate was getting another chance after Morris went down with a knee injury in that first game.
  — Laine Higgins, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2022
• But industry experts anticipate the USDA will approve the meat in the coming months.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
• This album, which is highly anticipated by his fans, could be a turning point in his career, as his popularity and power as a rap Goliath are beginning to wane.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
• In short, data privacy experts don’t anticipate that mHealth companies will stop collecting data unless forced.
  — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
• This set of awards were some of the most anticipated of the night.
  — Lauren Ballantyne, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
• The Chiefs may be road-weary in anticipating a week-three home game against the Ravens.
  — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 15 Sep. 2019
• There’s no way to anticipate whether the polls are going to be right or wrong ahead of the election.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
• Stick to the middle of the saws, and try to anticipate which direction the next one is tilting.
  — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 31 Oct. 2020
• But what Dwight did not anticipate was the knife stuck in his back from a member of his own pre-merge tribe.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2022
• Lynch learned fast to anticipate passes or handoffs and take the best route to the football.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
• When the ball dropped at midnight to kick off a new year and decade, no one could have anticipated what the year was about to bring.
  — James Barrett, Redbook, 6 Apr. 2020
• In San Jose, this left the city on the hook for more money than anticipated.
  — Calmatters, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
• And why didn't Apple anticipate these types of abuse would happen in the first place?
  — Wired Staff, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022
• The aim is to be proactive — to anticipate what moves the enemy might make.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• But the player was about to ascend in ways that Meier did not anticipate.
  — Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2021
• The closeness to the game provides some factors that the team also didn’t anticipate at first.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2022
• The port anticipates collecting $5.8 million in net lease revenue over the life of the 10-year lease.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
• The lovers of this dish anticipate the spring when the ram’s testicles are at their biggest.
  — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 13 June 2019
• Once a player learns to suppress the startle reflex, the next step is to anticipate where a pitch might hit him.
  — Matt Martell, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• But getting the feelings out there will give you both a chance to anticipate them in your planning.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 10 July 2018
• Monday's was the sixth of what is anticipated to be 10 test fires.
  — Rebecca Santana, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2018
• The first step of embracing the clock change is to anticipate the transition.
  — Kari Leibowitz, TIME, 22 Oct. 2024
• On Sunday, the Bengals don’t anticipate playing that type of game against the Chiefs.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024