expectant

Picture that energized and expectant crowd in the March on Washington at the feet of Lincoln.

In the carriage the talk was unceasing—talk of home, of expectant friends, of Christmas meetings and festivities.

Gordon woke happy and expectant, but by break he had begun to feel a little shivery, and at lunch-time he was done to the world.

Not only religion but every other good thing has assumed that attitude of expectant curiosity.

On the appointed day, the river banks were thronged by an expectant crowd.

In a moment every seat was silently filled by the women and children, and the men, stolid but expectant, lined the wall.