Example Sentences

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Mr. Howel complied, and when he had done, he looked expectingly at the lady.

From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore

Apparently however he had forgotten completely his gun, which lay faithfully and expectingly in his two noble hands.

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)

He saw no reason to stay his confidences, and the Cornal was waiting expectingly on him.

From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil

And ’t was this of which I was thinking when I spoke expectingly of a court-martial.”

From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester