expecting

Example Sentences

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They were expecting me to do everything and I did it as long as I possibly could.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

The festival is the UK's largest Pride and one of the capital's biggest public events and this year the organisation running the event said it was expecting crowds of more than one million people.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026

Pegula is expecting nothing less than a mirror-like baseline duel from the player she affectionately dubbed “mini-me” after beating her in February.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2026

That’s greater than the 9.6 GWh it deployed in the year-ago period, but slightly below the 13.8 GWh analysts were expecting.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026

I was expecting something similar to the dorms back at the Academy, small no-nonsense rooms equipped with a bed, dresser, and desk, but these couldn’t be more different.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin