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
"No, I didn't," said Annie, obliged by this expectance to say something.
From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by William Dean Howells
All nature seemed rich and glowing with the deep expectance of my heart.
From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton
