- 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
How tedious morns these be in our expectance Of what we tender most?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert
That need not affect the attitude of expectance, for it comes to substantially the same thing whether Christ comes to us or we go to Him.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander
Penelope was yawning with her hand on her mouth; she stopped, and, with a laugh of amused expectance, sank into a chair, her shoulders shrugged forward.
From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean
