Expectant

Examples

• His face was eager and expectant--it expressed nothing but the most intense anxiety to hear her next words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And with that she had to content herself, and hasten on to the expectant group on the steps. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Rosedale still stood before her in an expectant attitude, and she continued to face him in silence, her glance just level with his polished baldness. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Jane Eyre, who had been an ardent, expectant woman--almost a bride, was a cold, solitary girl again: her life was pale; her prospects were desolate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They were little birds, which, lighting on the sward at shy distance, hopped as if expectant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There, in the lowest bend of the road, low under the trees, stood a little group of expectant people, waiting to see the wedding. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This ceremony over, seats were resumed, and we sat in dead silence, expectant of a speech. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Caroline sat expectant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But Holmes was shaking his head, and his face was puzzled and expectant rather than joyous. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He sat in his chair--still, but not at rest: expectant evidently; the lines of now habitual sadness marking his strong features. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They rose expectant: eye and ear waited while the flesh quivered on my bones. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Clym started up, and Susan smiled in an expectant way which did not embellish her face; it seemed to mean, Something sinister is coming! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• We were all needlessly hurried, all nervously expectant of the morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Editor: Vince