Man's heart flutters and seeks an outlet as he waits in tense expectation.

Much of Bosnia seemed to be settling into tense expectation.

They watched her cross the floor, their eyes filled with a tense expectation.

Hours went by while the opposing parties waited in tense expectation; then we spotted a couple of guerrillas crawling toward the bridge.

There was a sudden change in the room; an air of tense expectation.

There was a tense expectation in the air, as if Jocelyn had summed up what they all felt.

The rest of the room sat in tense expectation.

There was a moment of tense expectation.

The West can only watch the Soviet drama in tense expectation.

There was absolute silence now as the crowd waited in tense expectation.