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
August heat cannot weaken nor flivvers stale Our first-night expectance when the new season opens.
From The Broadway Anthology by Bernays, Edward L.
And less I feel the grief of former wrong Than shudder with expectance of fresh harm They yet may work on me.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
All nature seemed rich and glowing with the deep expectance of my heart.
From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore
