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
Terence quickly obeyed, while the others looked on in eager expectance.
From The Misfit Christmas Puddings by Consolation, Club
Pore on, fair Creature! forever pore, Nor dream to be disenchanted more: For vain is expectance, and wish in vain, 'Till a new Narcissus can come again.
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
Take advantage of his absence, Mark; it is a grace that God gives thee beyond expectance.
From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir
