- a variation of expectancy.
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 word which he employs, by its very form, expresses that that expectance is habitual and continuous.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
The moment is much too awful, the expectance much too sublime, for any such human, girlish emotions.
From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
The face of your listener, his eyes mirthful or sorry, his eager expectance or his churlish disdain insensibly distort your message.
From Mince Pie by Christopher Morley
