How To Use Expectantly In A Sentence

  • The watchman looked at me expectantly so of course I had to say how nice it was and also donate five rupees.
  • Almost expectantly, he tried to press a button that would apparently shut off one of the propellers and send the boat careening violently off to the left.
  • I looked expectantly at the speedo, thinking the sheer luxury of the vehicle was masking the sensation of speed and acceleration that must surely be happening all around it.
  • Russell watched expectantly while I changed into the clothes I had placed in the side pocket of the pack: thick jeans, a thermal undershirt, the flannel overshirt with the rip in the elbow that Kira had mended for me twice already.
  • His form slowly turned and he looked at Jessica expectantly, she ran to him, through the mud, soaking her skirts and wetting her hair, then she held him.
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  • The music started up again and Helda and Sileda both stared up at William expectantly, batting their eyelashes.
  • He smiled at his wife before diving into the cool water, surfacing and glancing at Emily expectantly.
  • At this instant she beckoned to the bramin, who was previously seated, expectantly, in a corner of the garden. Arabian nights. English
  • Then we ran down the Illyrian coast and, with oars at full speed, sail bellying with a powerful southwester, rounded the Italian peninsula with a strong wind for Sicilia and the Tyrrhenian Sea, where we ran into a small flotilla of black-sailed ships expectantly lying in wait for us. The Skrayling Tree
  • Dexter looked up expectantly, a loop of ash dangling from the end of the cigarette he had lit in her absence.
  • He was sitting in the middle of the pavement, with his twinkling eyes staring at me expectantly.
  • The jays were going cuckoo over the Cheezie Nuggies, most definitely savoring the zesty cheddary richness, scurrying back to their nests to regurgitate from their crops their loads of dull little seeds and romping expectantly back to my windowsill for a fresh new load of Nug-gies. Shampoo Planet
  • In especially well-staffed temples, robed priests guarded the linga and stared expectantly at the tourists. The Apparition
  • Have in the banality of the life how much solitary of you, I, there will be how much persist expectantly.
  • As thrilled parents looked on, 168 young men and women sat expectantly in the school's auditorium, their white coats folded over their arms, each waiting to be called to the front of the room and "cloaked" by a senior physician. Physician, Humanize Thyself
  • Its five salesmen were waiting expectantly behind the counter.
  • Hence only the supercilious will be the ones who are expectantly offended. *SUSAN LOONE's Blog*
  • The three remaining spunkie guides hovered expectantly before the boy. Conqueror's Moon
  • Planting his case on the table, he looked at us expectantly.
  • A hand stuck out of the door, palm up, fingers waggling expectantly.
  • In the early morning the radio set crackled into life and the men gathered round expectantly.
  • the silenced crowd waited expectantly
  • He sat down on one of the swings and looked at me expectantly.
  • Dustin watched expectantly as Mr. Hall did nothing but bend down, pick up the paper origami, and throw it into the recycle bin.
  • Gwendolen, remonstrantly, as Mrs. Davilow, having prepared the writing materials, looked toward her expectantly. Daniel Deronda
  • Within minutes, everyone around the dinner table was wearing a paper hat at a rakishly jaunty angle and looking expectantly in my direction.
  • She helped Egbert rewrap his injury and walked back to the trunk where Ilan was waiting expectantly. Slice Of Cherry
  • She had continued her endless babble when I realised that she was looking at me some what expectantly.
  • Asha waited expectantly, with a trace of fear and curiosity, her heartbeat quickening slightly at the prospect.
  • The group of gossiping girls looked on warily, expectantly, waiting for her to upchuck all over her showy dress, but she didn't.
  • She could not pick out a single word from the speedy way the bright folk spoke, but she could guess what they meant by the way they were plucking at her harp and looking at her expectantly.
  • Tell those two old 'rummies' to get their time and get out of here," he said, turning again and looking expectantly at McGregor. Marching Men
  • My half Shire half Quarter Horse warmblood stood with his head over his stall door, looking at me expectantly.
  • Unless the gall bladder is calcified or the patient has other risk factors, asymptomatic gallstones may be managed expectantly.
  • Verlust watched expectantly, and was rewarded by a wriggle in the vegetation that didn't match the movement of the rest in the soft breeze.
  • Planting his case on the table, he looked at us expectantly.
  • Tiptoeing across the living room, Joyce took her stand by the table and called timidly, expectantly and awesomely: Joyce of the North Woods
  • But as Richmond whispered "Jackson's coming" and waited expectantly for his lightning attack to flash, there was something ominous in Ewell's choice of the word "disappointed. LEE’S LIEUTENANTS
  • His sleeves had been rolled up to his elbows, and he stared at me expectantly.
  • Here, museum officials watch expectantly as a cow examines a recently acquired landscape painting with bovine staffage.
  • she looked at him expectantly
  • As he shimmies under the trunk, he looks down to see two alligators waiting expectantly below. Times, Sunday Times
  • They crowded around me and watched me expectantly, as if I would spill my darkest, most revealing secrets.
  • They always thought it was feed time if the light went on and would scramble up expectantly and start pawing and whinnying.
  • Dexter looked up expectantly, a loop of ash dangling from the end of the cigarette he had lit in her absence.
  • She looked up at him expectantly, her mouth open, the bottom lip raised, almost brutal in what it implied.
  • I fold my hands in front of me and stand expectantly, rocking back and forth on my heels - covered by lace-up wedges.
  • Such girdles, too, like the binding fiber with which a camisk is usually secured on a girl, may be used to bind her. “It is to be mine, is it not? ” asked Phoebe, eagerly, expectantly, hopefully. Magicians of Gor
  • Dramatic pause, as your audience looks up expectantly from their figgy pudding. Jared Bernstein: Pesky Brother-in-Law: Christmas Edition
  • And they will all be waiting expectantly, not just for the dollops of neighbourhood gossip that is served up in such places.
  • She looked up at him expectantly, her mouth open, the bottom lip raised, almost brutal in what it implied.
  • The Colonel glared expectantly at the damp mob, trying to pinpoint the bad apple.
  • I sampled my mushrooms expectantly, anticipating an explosion of subtle flavours.
  • Weasel turned and grinned expectantly at his companion, who grunted and handed over a coin from his pouch.
  • Christine undid the top three buttons of her blouse, pulling her collar back to reveal the nape of her neck, and looked at Bill expectantly.
  • He looked at her expectantly but she didn't volunteer any more information.

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