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Meanings of eager expectancy in English

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Usage of eager expectancy in English
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The others watched him silently, breathlessly, their eyes lighted with eager expectancy.
The Substitute Prisoner
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When Mr Green ascended the pulpit eager expectancy gleamed in every jet-black eye.
Six Months at the Cape
3
He was waiting on the threshold and rubbing his hands with eager expectancy.
Gordon Keith
4
She came round the table, with an air of eager expectancy.
The King's Achievement
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Her first eager expectancy had given way to a heartbreaking consciousness of failure.
The Motormaniacs
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Marty and Jerry stood waiting, their faces pictures of eager expectancy.
The Quest of Happy Hearts
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He waited in quite an eager expectancy to see if she would kiss him.
Not Pretty, but Precious; And Other Short Stories
8
But at Scott's quiet announcement, it was raised with the suddenness of eager expectancy.
Greatheart
9
All the gentry and populace of the surrounding country were gathered there in eager expectancy.
Robin Hood
10
Throughout the train, there was an air of eager expectancy; a bustling movement of preparation.
The Eyes of the World
11
Again the boy found himself aroused to eager expectancy.
The Master Key / An Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Myste...
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She came back with an air of eager expectancy that Fortner would continue his narrative.
The Red Acorn
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His face shone with keen and eager expectancy, but wore a touch of shyness too.
The Extra Day
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When this had been done, there was a look of eager expectancy on every face.
The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island
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There was a moment of intense, eager expectancy, and then Dudley half opened his eyes.
The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
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She, too, it seemed, had once been charming, full of young grace and eager expectancy.
Sacrifice
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