adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
father
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Everyone treats me with the temerity usually afforded to expectant fathers and potential Messiahs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Expectant crowds waited outside the theatre.
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Bright expectant faces were turned upward toward the stage.
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The children were looking at the gifts with expectant expressions.
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The darkened assembly room became suddenly hushed and expectant as the picture appeared on the screen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I felt their arms on my shoulders and their ripe, expectant , human faces very close to mine.
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Mike raised a resigned hand in farewell, and turned towards an expectant cyclo boy.
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She helps adults, including expectant parents, find ways to repair the traumas they may have suffered as children.
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The darkened assembly room became suddenly hushed and expectant as the picture on the screen changed.
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There are expectant miaows when tin-opener noises are detected and irritated miaows when some fixed routine has been disregarded.
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There is an expectant market, eager for the new products and western brands.