Examples of 'expected something' in a sentence

Meaning of "expected something"

The phrase 'expected something' typically suggests that someone had certain expectations or hopes regarding a particular situation, event, or outcome, but the reality did not meet those expectations. It implies a feeling of anticipation or anticipation that was not fulfilled, resulting in a sense of disappointment or surprise

How to use "expected something" in a sentence

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expected something
I should have expected something like this.
Brooke looked at me as though she expected something.
I had expected something gentle and lyrical.
He did not know why he expected something different.
They expected something exceptional to come out of it.
The truth is that we expected something else.
Liebig expected something really quite nasty.
I must have unknowingly expected something from you.
I expected something a little better from you.
We should have expected something like this.
I expected something more original from you.
You should have expected something like this.
I expected something more cunning from you.
Who would have expected something.
I expected something like this might happen.

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This sounds like you expected something to happen.
I expected something very different from him.
I read the title and expected something else.
Nobody expected something like this to happen.
Then he must have expected something.
Tom had expected something quite different.
But obviously you expected something.
I expected something smaller for a family business.
Someone seriously expected something from me.
I expected something a little bit more established.
Tom said that he had expected something different to happen.
I expected something like this from her.
It was apparent that they expected something uncommon at any moment.
I expected something different but was pleased nonetheless.
The crowd expected something.
I expected something more progressive from you.
You could not have expected something like that.
He expected something to happen on the trip and it did.
If they did help us they always expected something from us in return.
I always expected something like this was going to happen.
There is absolutely no reason to talk as if you expected something dreadful.
I would have expected something more hyperbolic.
There is absolutly no reason to talk as if you expected something dreadful.
I guess i expected something different from you.
Because then it looks like you expected something from me.
I expected something more important to come of this.
It is not surprising that you expected something like racism.
I expected something similar from season two.
Go to college expected something.
I expected something more on your part.
It looked like the kind of scenario which was expected something more.
I would have expected something more positive.
I think a lot of people who did not love this expected something else.
I might have expected something like this.
Expected something bigger.

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