How to Use expectant in a Sentence

expectant

1 of 2 adjective

• An expectant crowd waited for her arrival.
• The expectant mom wore a neon green hoodie, jeans, and a Rangers hat.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2022
• On the way, passing the rooms of new and expectant mothers, he was swamped by a wave of sadness.
  — Nicole Krauss, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• The dramatic shot showed the expectant star posing nude in a field of long grass.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 26 July 2021
• The top of somebody’s head makes an expectant pivot toward the guard: Call mine.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• The expectant star capped off the message with three emojis of a pregnant woman.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
• That afternoon, one of the expectant mothers brought the staff brownies.
  — Marina Starleaf Riker, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2021
• And the first course the 50-year-old farmer is set to serve to an expectant GOP base, hungry for political revenge?
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 3 Oct. 2022
• How did the expectant moms of Hollywood fare with their fashion game?
  — Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
• The expectant dad walks into the backyard carrying a live chicken and a bazooka.
  — Washington Post, 20 May 2021
• All Day’s footage suggests the car’s expectant owners may have to wait a bit longer, as the marque continues road tests.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 June 2021
• This creates a lot of pressure on expectant parents to pick the perfect moniker for their little ones.
  — al, 14 Mar. 2022
• But expectant parents often don’t want to take any chances.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• The report lays out grim trends across the country for expectant mothers and their newborn babies.
  — Amanda Seitz, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2022
• The report laid out grim trends across the country for expectant mothers and their newborn babies.
  — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
• The expectant mom wore a cut-out pink one-piece and matching sarong that highlighted her growing baby bump.
  — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• This comfortable dress costs less than $30 and will have expectant moms looking like a million bucks.
  — Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022
• But, as their numbers grow, expectant murmurs travel up and down the row of spectators.
  — Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
• At the end, under the expectant eye of the camera, each couple will either get engaged or break up forever.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 6 Apr. 2022
• One change in Romney’s plan is the benefit for expectant parents.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2022
• Scenes cut to the expectant parents and their family members overcome with joy.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
• Hundreds of expectant parents are struggling to reach them.
  — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2022
• Pictures from the day show lush floral arrangements, and the expectant mom in a sparkly, bump-hugging, strapless gown.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• An expectant parent of a certain type—cash-flush and availed of benzodiazepine, or maybe just fretful—will be dizzied by the options.
  — Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2022
• Wearing a lacy nightgown and baring her belly, the expectant mom places one arm around her husband, Barron Hilton.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
• On shore, expectant parents tended to their eggs, standing as still as statues.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
• The growing body of evidence that vaccines are safe and effective may spur more expectant mothers to get one.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2021
• The $5 billion company waiting till the last second to push back the launch irked many expectant buyers, but the delay wasn’t their only complaint.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2021
• To create her elaborate burrow, an expectant female goanna first digs out about two feet of soil and piles it in a nearby mound.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 25 June 2021
• If the physical or mental health of the expectant mother is jeopardized.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022

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expectant

2 of 2 noun

• Chmerkovskiy, 43, wore a white t-shirt and black pants while the expectant mom stayed cozy in a pale yellow bodysuit.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• Get dads involved with their very own expectant father book.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 14 June 2023
• Also on Thursday, expectant Catherine shared a new photo of the adorable big brother-to-be after Sean’s tweet.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, the then-expectant mom gave updates on her pregnancy thus far.
  — Mary Green, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2020
• Baby bumps and kidswear Not one, but two shows this season featured expectant models.
  — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
• The club asked supporters to come dressed in lilywhite on what was a hot and murky September evening, expectant of a win to open this new chapter in their history.
  — SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• The setting is lush, yet claustrophobic; the mood expectant, but not without anxiety.
  — Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
• Later in July, the expectant mom spent some special time with her two sons Reign and Mason, enjoying a walk at dusk after returning from her Hawaiian girl's trip.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• There was no apparent organizer, and for long stretches members of the crowd stood in expectant, almost awkward, silence, many simply holding their phones aloft to film the scene.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• The model captioned the snap by thanking Meghan for joining a campaign to support expectant and parenting foster youth in Los Angeles.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
• They were joined by friends including fellow expectant moms Peta Murgatroyd and Stephanie Shepherd.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
• Alabama has an alarming record on keeping expectant and new mothers alive, with a higher share of residents dying in pregnancy and during or shortly after childbirth than almost any other state.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Their reluctance appears to be driven partly by months of unclear guidance and a lack of data for the expectant, both of which persisted until this summer — a consequence of their exclusion from early coronavirus vaccine trials.
  — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021
• This at a time when party operatives were worse that a dirty U.S. Congressmen, gift-expectant, institutionally incapable of hearing anything at all.
  — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 27 May 2019
• The expectant run a higher risk of serious illness and pregnancy complications from the coronavirus, including miscarriages and stillbirths.
  — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
• Even as that service gap has narrowed, neobanks have retained a generation of digital-savvy customers, expectant of new product features and flexibility in managing their finances.
  — Luke Chittock, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• Chmerkovskiy, 43, wore a white t-shirt and black pants while the expectant mom stayed cozy in a pale yellow bodysuit.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
• Get dads involved with their very own expectant father book.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 14 June 2023
• Also on Thursday, expectant Catherine shared a new photo of the adorable big brother-to-be after Sean’s tweet.
  — Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, the then-expectant mom gave updates on her pregnancy thus far.
  — Mary Green, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2020
• Baby bumps and kidswear Not one, but two shows this season featured expectant models.
  — Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
• The club asked supporters to come dressed in lilywhite on what was a hot and murky September evening, expectant of a win to open this new chapter in their history.
  — SI.com, 25 Sep. 2019
• The setting is lush, yet claustrophobic; the mood expectant, but not without anxiety.
  — Colin B. Bailey, The New York Review of Books, 17 Nov. 2020
• Later in July, the expectant mom spent some special time with her two sons Reign and Mason, enjoying a walk at dusk after returning from her Hawaiian girl's trip.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
• There was no apparent organizer, and for long stretches members of the crowd stood in expectant, almost awkward, silence, many simply holding their phones aloft to film the scene.
  — Vivian Wang, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
• The model captioned the snap by thanking Meghan for joining a campaign to support expectant and parenting foster youth in Los Angeles.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
• They were joined by friends including fellow expectant moms Peta Murgatroyd and Stephanie Shepherd.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
• Alabama has an alarming record on keeping expectant and new mothers alive, with a higher share of residents dying in pregnancy and during or shortly after childbirth than almost any other state.
  — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Their reluctance appears to be driven partly by months of unclear guidance and a lack of data for the expectant, both of which persisted until this summer — a consequence of their exclusion from early coronavirus vaccine trials.
  — Brittany Shammas, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2021
• This at a time when party operatives were worse that a dirty U.S. Congressmen, gift-expectant, institutionally incapable of hearing anything at all.
  — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 27 May 2019

Last Updated: 3 May 2024