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 attitude of expectance is as much the duty and support of Christians as of Israel.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
But psychology has shown us that suggestion or expectance forms one element in the developing of faculty, and this whether it be manual dexterity, quickness of memory or exercise of judgment and initiative.
From The Trade Union Woman by Alice Henry
Terence quickly obeyed, while the others looked on in eager expectance.
From The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Club Consolation
