On that evening, children watch the sky anxiously hoping to be the first to cry out, "The star has come!"

Olive's cellular telephone rings - it is her father, who she has been anxiously hoping would arrive.

The audience captured by "Avenue Q" and its appealing ads is the one producers are anxiously hoping to lure uptown to Broadway.

A19 Elian's classmates and teachers in Cuba said they were anxiously hoping for his speedy return.

Hence great suffering resulted, which I anxiously hoped would be relieved shortly by the arrival of my train with supplies.

Everyone, from clerk to doorman, was anxiously hoping for his return.

Laura waits for a moment, anxiously hoping that Alec will walk back into the refreshment room, but he does not.

Historians, esthetes and community leaders pitted themselves against a backhoe and bulldozer, hoping anxiously that demolition would be stopped.

She anxiously hoped he'd be home.

I did, anxiously hoping there weren't cameras in the office-though from Pam's account, I might as well relax.