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 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

There was a rumor of expectance and pleasure.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by

"No, I didn't," said Annie, obliged by this expectance to say something.

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean