How to Use expect in a Sentence

expect

verb

• He's opposed to the new law, as you might expect.
• Prices are expected to rise.
• I'm expecting a phone call.
• As expected, the election was very close.
• It's expected that the new products will be available next month.
• We expected more from you.
• He's a teacher who expects hard work from his students.
• Good things sometimes happen when you least expect them.
• The expected delivery date is next month.
• This is not the kind of behavior I expected of you.
• The new track will be part of a full-length project expected in April.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
• Just don’t expect Stills to get back on a bus at age 78 for any sort of tour.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2023
• Her events are expected to be among the most watched of the entire Olympics.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
• Her clients tried to strike fear in Lee by telling her to expect a call from Kanye West.
  — Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 26 July 2023
• In the third game of the series, Friedl was expecting more fastballs.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 29 May 2023
• The cast and creators have offered some clues about what to expect in The Last of Us season 2.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• Don’t expect a solid hit from these little stocked fish this time of the year.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2023
• Just be sure to tell the people at home to expect your need to decompress.
  — Jessica A. Gold, M.d., SELF, 5 July 2024
• The evening is expected to be mostly clear, with a low of about 61 degrees.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2024
• Faculty and their trainees do not expect that to change, except for the worse.
  — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 20 June 2023
• That key says a lot about what to expect from this version of VW's compact sedan too.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023
• Matvei Michkov and Leo Carlsson also are expected to go in the top five.
  — Jay Cohen, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
• Part two of the memoir is expected to be published next year.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2024
• As for who did play, Mekari performed as expected and held his own.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024
• The center of the storm is expected to reach the Los Angeles area Sunday.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• However, don’t expect to be able to use the lounge anytime soon.
  — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
• Still, expect an appearance from Bob the Drag Queen (a.k.a.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 4 May 2024
• Velazquez said that merch is still in the works but that fans can expect Maxwell the giant cat to be featured.
  — Angela Yang, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Today, Star Wars fans being outraged about the latest Star Wars project is as regular and expected as the change of seasons.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
• Peacock is also pregnant and is expecting her fourth child early next year.
  — Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024