| 2H4 V.ii.31 | [Prince John to Lord Chief Justice] Though no man be assured what grace to find, / You stand in coldest expectation |
| H5 III.iii.44 | [Governor to King Henry] Our expectation hath this day an end |
| JC I.i.41 | [Marullus to all] you ... have sat / The livelong day, with patient expectation, / To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome |
| TNK III.i.14 | [Arcite alone, of Emilia] Thrice blessed chance / To drop on such a mistress, expectation / Most guiltless on't [i.e. without any hope of it happening] |