"expect" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It was an event they were expecting momentarily, even though they'd been waiting for three and a half centuries.
- He knew there would be none, but he had momentarily expected one.
- They were momentarily expecting the attack of which Gordon had warned them.
- We've been utterly defeated and our surrender is expected momentarily.
- I expected momentarily to be so high I could not breathe.
- I momentarily expected the return of Yasmeena, and my heart pounded within me.
- I held my breath, momentarily expecting to feel his ponderous foot upon me.
- I expected momentarily to feel the deluge of inrushing water, but none came.
- All during the painful trip from the village to the island Billy had momentarily expected to meet a party of rescuers coming back for him.
- Up the face of the cliff they hurried, expecting momentarily to be either challenged or fired upon by those above them.
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