The legislature knew the natural impatience of expectants, and upon this principle they gave encouragement to children to anticipate the inheritance.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke
We pass from hall to carriages through a double row of expectants.
"A Midsummer Drive Through The Pyrenees"
Edwin Asa Dix
One of the expectants, who waited his turn, politely made room for me beside him on the bench, and I had time to look about me before I made any interrogations.
"The Pacha of Many Tales"
Captain Frederick Marryat