Sentence examples for pleasant expectations from inspiring English sources

Leisure is typically conceived of as a positive state of mind, composed of, among other sentiments, pleasant expectations and recollections of activities and situations.

Steak a la Diane, like a half-remembered tune from bygone days, sets up pleasant expectations that are dashed by a neutral strip steak and halfhearted sauce.

THE approach to Peter Pratt's Inn here fills one with pleasant expectations: the leaves of autumn are poised for their brilliant display and the stately house itself promises the experience of generations.

An air of pleasant expectation could be felt, as if you were watching happy crowds gather for a free summer concert.

Not a pleasant prospect.

General Mills came in a pleasant penny above expectations, reporting earnings per share of 63 cents, while Heinz dutifully came in right on target at 59 cents–not a penny more nor less than what Wall Street expected.

Some have argued that the insula and anterior cingulate are relatively more sensitive to the expectation of unpleasant stimuli relative to expecting pleasant or neutral stimuli (Herwig et al. 2007).

"Now, when people don't get that experience, where the company that you're interacting with doesn't know who you are, it's gone from a pleasant experience to an expectation, and that's what we hear time and time again from our customers.

But the moral of this story is that low expectations always bring pleasant surprises and so it was with the Clubfield Broken River.

Each morning, participants completed a brief smartphone survey about their previous night's sleep and their expectations regarding how pleasant and stressful the day ahead will be.

Conversely, cognitive models are based on the assumption that responses to nicotine and nicotine-related cues involve various cognitive processes, such as expectations regarding the pleasant effects of nicotine.