Hopeless, helpless, hapless-the mere anticipation of that pain and humiliation, again, made his vision darken.

In other words, mere anticipation of what these futures-related strategies could do to the market caused heavy selling of stocks.

When a currency hedge creates a loss today, they say, why should accounting rules let a Merck avoid reporting it on the mere anticipation of recouping with foreign sales?

Some studies have suggested that mere anticipation of treatment can induce a patient's brain to produce more dopamine, which alleviates the symptoms.

It is the presence of good food, or the mere anticipation of it which makes one hungry.

In fact, they say, mere anticipation of a surge in new investors bolstered share prices in recent weeks.

The mere anticipation of this journey is delightful to me, since I shall have you at my side, and may thus feel sure that it will make an epoch in science.

For a device that was supposed to be pummeled by mere anticipation for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP), it's doing rather well.

Quite often, stage fright arises in a mere anticipation of a performance, often a long time ahead.

But the mere anticipation it engenders causes a buzz from the top of my head to the soles of my shoes.