expectantly

Example Sentences

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"Eating Expectantly" is misleadingly titled—it's not just a book about pregnancy nutrition, is it?

From US News • Apr. 16, 2013

Recently, I heard she had published a fourth edition of "Eating Expectantly," a veritable bible for pregnancy nutrition.

From US News • Apr. 16, 2013

Expectantly, they gather around like a scene out of Oliver Twist.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2011

Expectantly, she slipped her arm through her husband’s, but Lord Fredrick turned to the door.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Expectantly they waited, but there was no answering signal from shore and no sign of life anywhere within their vision.

From The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell by Wallace, Dillon