contrary to expectations

phrase

: although people thought it would be different : even though people thought otherwise

Contrary to expectations, all of the birds survived.

Examples of contrary to expectations in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Paltrow’s family who accompanied her on the ski trip managed to stay off the witness stand, contrary to expectations going into the trial. — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023

What is new, contrary to expectations, is that these types of attacks have remained possible on BMCs that were using firmware QCT provided as recently as last month. — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 May 2022

Most government officials expressed support for the deal — except the head of the antitrust authority whose mandate was subsequently not renewed, contrary to expectations. — New York Times, 10 Mar. 2022

In all three countries, there was neither an unquenched thirst for Western-style democracy and capitalism, nor, contrary to expectations, were US soldiers universally welcomed as liberators. — John Campbell, Quartz Africa, 3 Dec. 2020

Siu, analyzing transcripts from these experiments, has found that men and women contributed equally to discussions, contrary to expectations that men would dominate. — Cathleen O’Grady, Science | AAAS, 29 Oct. 2020

Rhymes for contrary to expectations

• abbreviations
• abominations
• accelerations
• accommodations
• accumulations
• adjudications
• administrations
• adulterations
• affiliations
• agglomerations
• alienations
• amalgamations