Sentence examples for with confident expectation from inspiring English sources

Webster's dictionary defines hope as "to expect or wish... to be optimistic... to cherish a desire of good... with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable...to place confidence in, to trust with confident expectation of good".

And the damage isn't over: there will be more choke points where Republicans can threaten to create a crisis unless the president surrenders, and they can now act with the confident expectation that he will.

Apart from in high season, you can visit Midhowe and most of the other great Orkney sites with the confident expectation that you'll see scarcely another human being.

THE LITTLE WOMEN By Katharine Weber Farrar, Straus & Giroux ($23, hardcover) The Green sisters grew up with the confident expectation that many of the residents at 165 West 75th Street were as close as family, which was absolutely true.

Then there's the fact that Christmas was an age ago, so you wake every morning with the confident expectation that spring is just around the corner, to be reminded that, no, there are still a good few months of darkness.

"Whether Flashman goes a-rogering in Timbuktu or flees headlong down the Amazon pursued by native tribesmen with poisoned darts, I will follow him in the confident expectation of being uninterruptedly entertained.

Leaders are still bringing bills to the floor in the confident expectation that they will pass.

Initially this step was supported by an outbreak of patriotic fervour and confident expectations of victory.

Most participants cited qualified hopes for potential benefits rather than confident expectations.

Surround yourself with confident people.

Become friends with confident, mean girls.