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

The one girl stood erectly in the skiff, her hand resting on the rudder; she looked in curious expectance at the persistent pursuer, while the other girl rowed on with stolid indifference.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

All nature seemed rich and glowing with the deep expectance of my heart.

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

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