Examples of using "Erwartung" in a sentence and their english translations:
His heart bounded with expectation.
Her answer corresponds to my expectation.
Awaiting your quick response . . .
My heart pounded at the future excitement.
A sense of expectation is hanging in the air.
This is totally unexpected.
Tom waited expectantly.
A man marries a woman, expecting that she won't change, but she does.
Tom opened the door, expecting to see Mary.
Mary puckered her lips, expecting a kiss, but nothing happened. When she opened her eyes, Tom had gone.
The witch assumed the form of the Queen, and decked herself out in the royal robes, and sat among the Court ladies, awaiting the King’s return.
- "Sorry Tom! I got the munchies and ate all your beetroot." "Doesn't matter, Mary. I expected that might happen, so I bought two jars."
- "Sorry Tom! I've eaten all your beetroot. I was ravenous." "It's all right, Mary. Since I thought that might happen, I bought a second jar."
War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that the other fellow isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off.