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

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

From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean

The mercies of God are great, and His patient expectance of us, granting time and occasions and motives to repent, is most gracious and full of longanimity.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

In all probability, too, this element of expectance has indirect as well as direct effects, and the indirect are not the least fruitful in results.

From The Trade Union Woman by Henry, Alice