Fans of the band, hailing from all over the world, were tweeting with fervent expectation in the hours leading up to and during the closing ceremony.
Both Linklater and the film say that it's OK to not know where you're going in spite of all fervent expectation to know right now, right this second: "What do you mean you don't know?" You could say that Linklater threw the rulebook off the cliff with the camera, and in loosening the structural ties that bind, carved a different path to success.
Yet there is also fervent hope and expectation that new heroes will emerge to join those that wrote themselves into the history books in London.
It is distinct from the latter two because it is directed exclusively toward the future, as fervent desire and confident expectation.
Set aside the unrealistic expectations of his fervent supporters, who swallowed Mr Khan's prediction of a "tsunami".
In fact, every reader understands that the reason why this joint editorial has attracted such widespread attention is not because the media is so powerful, but because of the fervent anxiety of the people's expectations!
With the destruction of the Temple by the Romans in 70 ce, such reverence was transformed both by messianic expectations and by eschatological hopes into fervent devotion, which, over the following centuries, became idealized and even supernaturalized.
The Guardian's Amanda Holpuch questioned some fervent Arrested Development fans about their hopes, fears and expectations for season four.
When travel problems caused by the unexpectedly huge crowd delayed the arrival of some bands, Havens was required to improvise a set for three hours, igniting the event's atmosphere and lifting the audience's expectations on his shoulders with a typically fervent, impassioned performance.
