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 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 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

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

From The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Consolation, Club

If we exercise expectance, and desire and petition and faithful stewardship, we shall get what we need.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander