expecting

[expecting]

If you expect something, you think it’s going to happen. If you got up at 4 in the morning, you can expect to fall asleep earlier than usual tonight.

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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Expect


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Usage Examples

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

The time that people aren't expecting what's going to happen, I find that's the best time to really cause the damage that needs to be done.

Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would be one of their main forms of communication. And so many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old.

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power.

Italian girls are famous for being snobby and expecting men to make the first move. In America, if I don't make eye contact, the guys won't come over and talk. American girls just go for it. You men are spoiled.

At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them.

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission.

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.

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Other Usage Examples

I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

The thing about movies these days is that the commerce end of it is so inflated and financiers are just expecting this enormous return on their investment.

If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off.

Am I coasting on some early success? Yeah. It was a good lucky break for me. But I would rather earn my way back again than simply conform to what people are expecting.

So many times, these kids know more about the technology than their parents. And so many times, we're putting kids in very adult situations and expecting them to behave like they're 40 years old. Well, that's just not going to happen.

A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

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