Words similar to expecting

Example sentences for: expecting

How can you use “expecting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

This was not the explanation Shawn was expecting, Gill tells us.
To do so would be like expecting to discern the fundamental laws of electromagnetism in the output of a personal computer.
Watching the ad the first two or even three times was fascinating, in part because even after having seen it once, I kept expecting something, anything , to happen at the end of the ad.
Answering the phone "in a rather hoarse and velvety voice," Monica said: "I was expecting your call.
It said there was also some irony "in expecting a president to be absolutely truthful on personal matters when he heads a government which often varnishes the truth--or worse--on matters of much graver importance."