It was a revenue, too, of a nature to excite in human avidity the most extravagant expectations of still greater riches.

So it was easy, once extravagant expectations for sales growth and earnings began to be disappointed, for investors to find a reason to flee.

And why do we nevertheless entertain extravagant expectations of a life, as she puts it, ever "freer, more honest, more comfortable, always better"?

Is this just another tale of extravagant expectations disappointed, the kind of story that has become all too common lately?

I was not a little amused at the extravagant expectations entertained by some of our steerage passengers.

With such extravagant attention comes extravagant expectations of a man unlike anyone else on the modern political scene.

"There were absolutely extravagant expectations at first, and you could see the possibilities," he said.

Gilbertus has surpassed even my most extravagant expectations.

I hope you have not awakened extravagant expectations, but we will do our best.

Cost-conscious companies whose systems fail to meet their sometimes extravagant expectations often hold their chief information officers responsible.