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expecting

/ ɪkˈspɛktɪŋ /

adjective

Insanity, after all, is doing the same thing and expecting a different result, right?

It seems that Mr. H. is expecting not only me, he's expecting Thom Mount, the head of production at the studio.

He tended to shield himself from disappointment by expecting the worst—of people and of his country.

I normally ignore blocked numbers, but was expecting a number of calls that day so I excused myself and answered anyway.

“If you are expecting any serious answers to this question, you are probably going to be disappointed,” he said.

I was four hours under these circumstances, expecting, and indeed wishing, every moment to be my last.

I was expecting this suggestion to be carried out; but they did nothing of the kind.

The gentleman pauses and smiles with his head inclined, evidently expecting to be addressed in French.

The company, expecting a scene, rose en masse to their feet, while those in the inner room crowded to the front.

There was no sign of the red roadster behind them, but, for all that, they were expecting trouble on account of the smoke-signals.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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