Use expected in a sentence
Sentences ending with expected
- True, the hastily written sentences presented some difficulties even for Biberli, but after glancing through the whole letter, he exclaimed with a satisfied smile: "Just as I expected! [10]
- These dreadful chromos which he takes for old masters; these villainous portraits--which to his frantic mind represent Rossmores; the hatchments; the pompous name of this ramshackle old crib-- Rossmore Towers; and that odd assertion of his, that I was expected. [5]
- But she sat where she was until the maid came in to pull the curtains and turn on the lights, reminding her that guests were expected. [9]
- It hasn't been what you expected. [11]
- Both these things were expected. [7]
- His western trip was finished a day earlier than he expected. [9]
- He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected. [5]
- He read it through to the last letter, and when, a fortnight later; he asked me at his house to remain after the others had left, he looked pleased, and confessed that he had found something entirely different from what he expected. [10]
- Elsie sat quietly through the first part of the service, which was conducted in the cold, mechanical way to be expected. [6]
- At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? [7]
Short sentences using expected
- Barine had expected nothing else. [10]
- They expected it, no doubt. [5]
- It's just as I expected. [5]
- That was what I expected. [11]
- I sort of expected you. [5]
- Long had she expected it. [13]
- She had not expected it. [11]
- What Adrian had expected happened. [10]
- I expected nothing else. [2]
- He's expected back before evenin'. [13]
Sentences containing expected two or more times
- Here the capital of wealthy, flourishing Brabant certainly looked very unlike what she had expected from Gombert's stories; and how little share she had had hitherto in the splendour which on the drive to Landshut she had expected to find in Brussels! [10]
- We had expected little of the King, but of France we had expected everything. [5]
- The expected had come at last; and how little do we expect the expected when it comes! [9]
More example sentences with the word expected in them
- On the Sahbath you will be able to attend divine service three times, which is expected of our teachers. [6]
- He added that you were expected to arrive in two weeks. [7]
- You are expected, you know, to have your washing done where you vote. [4]
- Diodoros was no worse, and Galen was certainly expected to visit the sick in the Serapeum. [10]
- Exploding at the word intriguer, Nicholas, raising his voice, told his mother he had never expected her to try to force him to sell his feelings, but if that were so, he would say for the last time.... [2]
- I no longer wonder at the number of feather-beds at the inns, under which we are apparently expected to sleep even in the warmest nights. [4]
- He expected the wolf to come his way any moment. [2]
- It was now within three-quarters of an hour of noon, and in that house all was as still as before; the Patriarch, however, might be expected to be punctual, and she had done nothing towards dressing but putting on those gilt sandals. [10]
- I cannot stay with you--truly I cannot, I have been expected long since. [10]
- The prefect discussed with the Patriarch the inauspicious effects that the death of the young fellow might be expected to have on the Emperor, and as a result, on the government, although the favorite had had no qualities of mind to distinguish him. [10]
- The charge is, with regard to this universal suffrage, that you take the fruits of increased representation produced by it, and then deny it to a portion of the voters whose action was expected to produce a different political result. [4]
- I've been talking with mamma about the world and about society, and what is expected and what you must live up to. [4]
- In all conversations with Gough, and Anna Dickinson, Nasby, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wendell Phillips and the other old stagers, I could not observe that they ever expected or hoped to get out of the business. [5]
- He ordered wine with a royal flourish and said: "I never dine without wine, sir" (which was a pitiful falsehood), and looked around upon the company to bask in the admiration he expected to find in their faces. [5]
- Gaston did not wince, he had expected it. [11]
- The guests in whom we may have some interest were in the mean time making ready for the party, which was expected to be a brilliant one; for 24 Carat Place was well known for the handsome style of its entertainments. [6]
- She alone knew whom she meant when she spoke of the visitor she expected at Irenia, Archibius's estate. [10]
- For his grandfather, who was indisposed, he was induced to preside at a political meeting in the interest of a wealthy local brewer, who confidently expected the seat, and, through gifts to the party, a knighthood. [11]
- They expected other whites to join them, and those not coming, they sent Francis, their companion, disguised as an Indian, to find out the cause. [4]
- The greatest deed which she expected from the energetic Julius was that he would abolish the republic, which she hated, and soar upward to tyrannize over the arrogant rulers of the world--only she would fain have seen Antony in his place. [10]
- The peculiar charm which her individuality thus obtained corresponded with the idea which the monarch himself had formed of the expected guest, and it flattered him to hear his conjecture so remarkably confirmed. [10]
- Had the revelation which he had so long expected come at last? [9]
- It was doubtful whether those whom they expected would return that night, and the Roman soldiers who were loyal to Antony had gone with him to the war. [10]
- The grandmother's enquiry whether Jungfrau Ortlieb expected to find her Swiss gallant there, and similar insolent remarks, seemed fairly steeped with rancour. [10]
- In a land where all were bon- vivants, where the lowest tradesmen drank wine after dinner, and rum, brandy and water, or sangaree in the forenoon, a somewhat lightsome view of table-virtues might have been expected of the young unmarried planter. [11]
- It was expected when the District was made out of these two that the result would be something quite extraordinary in the places of public entertainment. [4]
- From the moment when she had seen Zminis she had expected the worst, but the cry of rage and despair from a thousand voices which now split her ear told her how far the incredible reality outdid her most horrible imaginings. [10]
- What I expected when I wrote the letter to Messrs. Dole and others is now happening. [7]
- At a time when an Indian attack had been expected, the citizens hid their gunpowder where it would be safe and yet convenient to hand when wanted. [5]
- Elisha asked her what she expected in return. [5]
- I only said what I expected would take place. [7]
- I don't know what I expected of her--certainly not tears and tragedy. [9]
- I don't know what I expected in Mrs. Scherer--from Maude's description a benevolent and somewhat stupid, blue-eyed German woman, of peasant extraction. [9]
- But contrary to what had always happened in their former battles, instead of the news they expected of the enemy's flight, these orderly masses returned thence as disorganized and terrified mobs. [2]
- They did as well as they knew how, but really what was justly to be expected of them? [5]
- And why should we have expected that the pick--if it was the pick--of our few and far-between racing stables should beat the pick of England and France? [6]
- When we judged we had gone half a mile, we momently expected to see the guide; but no, he was not visible anywhere; neither was he waiting, for the rope was still moving, consequently he was doing the same. [5]
- The Mistress, as we call her, is expected to be always in her place. [6]
- But scarcely had we begun to move, when the expected troops from Leyderdorp pressed forward, their loud San Jago resounding far and wide, while at the same time the old enemy rose from the ditch and attacked us. [10]
- Nearly all were watching the rescue boat, though a few looked over the sides of the ship as if they expected to find bodies floating about. [11]
- Janet often lay watching her, puzzled, under the spell of a frankness, an ingenuousness, a simplicity she had least expected to find in one who belonged to such a learned place as that of Silliston. [9]
- Although her face was wonderfully composed, it was apparent that she was wholly taken by surprise, and that what she had expected to be taxed with, in connection with her small servant, was something very different from this. [12]
- Not a man was wanting, for at the four strokes of the rarely-sounded alarum every dweller in the House of Seti was expected to appear in the court of the temple. [10]
- Not much, perhaps, was to be expected of the Medical Profession in the way of encouragement. [6]
- The court room was packed on the morning on which the verdict of the jury was expected, as it had been every day of the trial, and by the same spectators, who had followed its progress with such intense interest. [5]
- My only anxiety was for Nancy, who had gone to New York the day after my last talk with her; and it was only by telephoning to her house that I discovered when she was expected to return.... [9]
- Considering that he was expected to go to bed at eight o'clock, one would say that the opportunity for study was not great, and that his reading was rather interrupted. [4]
- Also Crozier's evidence was expected to be sensational, and to prove the swivel on which the fate of the accused man would hang. [11]
- Moreover, Prince Andrew was expected in Moscow, where old Prince Bolkonski was spending the winter, and Natasha felt sure he had already arrived. [2]
- When young Enderby was driven from his father's house by Cromwell, he determined to join the Scotch army which was expected soon to welcome Charles the Second from France. [11]
- In Memphis Hadrian was detained a whole month, for there he was expected to visit the Egyptian temples with Sabina, who had arrived before him, and to submit to many ceremonials invested with the regalia of the Pharaohs. [10]
- And the rector was conducted, with due ceremony, to the office upstairs which he had never again expected to enter, where that other memorable interview had taken place. [9]
- The grey dawn was already glimmering, yet neither the expected vehicle nor Jorg had come. [10]
- Now an Eletto was again to be chosen, and whoever was elected would have command of at least three thousand men, and possibly more, as it was expected that other regiments would join the insurrection. [10]
- When, presently, her waiting-woman should return, she was resolved to leave the house at once; she could not bear to stay; her feelings and duty alike indicated the place where she might find the last hour's happiness that she expected or desired of life. [10]
- But the expected visitor was already at the door. [10]
- In her brief visit to Dion's couch she had not learned how he bore his own misfortunes and Barine's, what view he took of the future, or what he expected from the woman he loved. [10]
- I had to visit Niagara fifteen times before I succeeded in getting my imaginary Falls gauged to the actuality and could begin to sanely and wholesomely wonder at them for what they were, not what I had expected them to be. [5]
- It was all very strange; though the meeting was quite to be expected, as Mrs. Falchion herself explained that day. [11]
- Then she became very still, and as quietly answered that they expected to get away by the middle of August. [11]
- He expected no very pleasant reception from his own at home. [10]
- The latter was vehement in his gesticulations; I expected some violent termination to my drama; but an angle of a building interfered and closed the scene. [4]
- His eyes, screwed up with fear as if he every moment expected another blow, gazed up at Rostov with shrinking terror. [2]
- When he woke up on the morning after his return to Moscow and his interview with Count Rostopchin, he could not for some time make out where he was and what was expected of him. [2]
- To have fallen under suspicion of heresy would have been the last thing Barbara expected, and she called it foolish, nay, ridiculous. [10]
- We expected her two weeks ago, and had given her up. [9]
- A year or two later Madame Blanc translated it into French and published it in the 'Revue des Deux Mondes,' but the result was not what should have been expected, for the 'Revue' struggled along and pulled through, and is alive yet. [5]
- Such is the turn which things have taken lately, that when Gen. Adams writes a book, I am expected to write a commentary on it. [7]
- They could only tremble and pray, for they knew from experience that a threatening disaster never turned to a good end unless it had been expected with real dread. [10]
- Sometimes all gazed toward the mouth of the harbour, where the expected ship must soon pass the recently completed masterpiece of Sostratus, the towering lighthouse, still shining in its marble purity. [10]
- Papa kept up, too, fully as well as I expected, though I doubt whether he could have borne another day of it. [14]
- They had been told that the Queen was expected that night, because it was possible that the strong north wind would bear her ship home with unexpected speed after the victory. [10]
- It cannot be told how it now thrills me with joy to hear you say you are "far happier than you ever expected to be. [7]
- I came down today on business--from house to house in 12 1/2 hours, and expected to arrive dead, but am neither tired nor sleepy. [5]
- No other clergyman to whom he had spoken on this subject had given evidence of this strong feeling, and the rector of St. John's was the last man from whom he would have expected it. [9]
- She had expected to walk forth in freedom in a few moments. [5]
- Kutuzov seemed not to understand what was expected of him. [2]
- When he went to town in the morning he expected to return at night. [4]
- He was subject to the same weariness of the flesh and fatigue of the spirit as all men; yet it was expected of him that at any hour he should be at the disposal of suffering humanity--of criminal or idiotic humanity--patient, devoted, calm, nervestrung, complete. [11]
- After accompanying Dion to the harbour, the architect had gone to the Forum to converse with the men he met there, and learn what they feared and expected in regard to the future fate of the city. [10]
- They 're trying to the constitution; I'm always glad to hear that a friend is as well as can be expected after he 's had a book. [6]
- Speculation--you bought heavily to sell on an expected rise? [11]
- I never expected to see these steady old reliable securities watered down to this. [5]
- I half expected to see the Athenian heroes of twenty centuries ago glide out of the shadows and steal into the old temple they knew so well and regarded with such boundless pride. [5]
- I never expected to see that Jerusalem in which Harry the Fourth died, but there I found myself in the large panelled chamber, with all its associations. [6]
- I almost expected to see Patty come tripping down from the vine-covered porch with her needlework in her hand, and the house seemed strangely empty without her. [9]
- They had expected to see Nic; but Nic was on his way to the horse beneath the great elm tree, and from the elm tree to the State of New York--and safety. [11]
- He almost expected to see its shingles stand on end. [4]
- He expected, too, to see Alexander among them. [10]
- It is enough to say, that I found just what I expected to, and that I think this attack is only the prelude of more serious consequences,--which expression means you very well know what. [6]
- I had occasion to read the whole volume, not long since, in preparation for a new edition, and was rather more pleased with it than I had expected to be. [6]
- Pierre had gone to Petersburg on business of his own for three weeks as he said, but had remained there nearly seven weeks and was expected back every minute. [2]
- Travelers are expected to pay for seeing them, and they do it cheerfully. [5]
- I've long expected to lose the white herd. [13]
- I never expected to live to see that. [5]
- Had he expected to live he could not have said those words in that offensively cold tone. [2]
- Bouquets were flung to her; and a wreath, which one of the young ladies had expected for herself in another part, was tossed upon the stage, and laid at her feet. [6]
- I never expected to hear you talk like this! [9]
- I had expected to hear of it through the newspapers. [5]
- The Uitlander seems to have expected something very different from all that. [5]
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