expectance

Example Sentences

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“A stasis develops between expectance and realization,” he wrote of a piece in 1971.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2020

It conveyed all the tension, expectance and suspense.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 4, 2012

Terence quickly obeyed, while the others looked on in eager expectance.

From The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Consolation, Club

The attitude of expectance is as much the duty and support of Christians as of Israel.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander

How all would be hushed in expectance of the next moment's act!

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Maclaren, Alexander