How to Use expect in a Sentence

expect

verb

• He's opposed to the new law, as you might expect.
• Prices are expected to rise.
• I'm expecting a phone call.
• As expected, the election was very close.
• It's expected that the new products will be available next month.
• We expected more from you.
• He's a teacher who expects hard work from his students.
• Good things sometimes happen when you least expect them.
• The expected delivery date is next month.
• This is not the kind of behavior I expected of you.
• Here's how to tune in—and what to expect.
  — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
• Don't expect your first go at this to be the hit.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
• Do not expect that to happen all the time.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• It is not expected yet for a vote.
  — Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
• Chanel will expect at least the same, and most likely more.
  — Kevin Rozario, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Sources say to expect walk-outs in the last quarter of the film.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Apr. 2022
• On that note, expect to see a slew of fuchsia skunk stripes soon.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 27 July 2022
• Of course, no one is expecting that.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
• Comey is expected to plead not guilty.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
• Pearce is expected to plead not guilty.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
• At least four more trains are expected to pass through in the next two weeks.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
• Don’t expect to take a test or write an essay, either.
  — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• Here’s what to expect on a safari trip to each country.
  — Kent Redding, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
• The chamber is now expected to vote this week.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 1 June 2026
• The sale is expected to close later this month.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
• The new track will be part of a full-length project expected in April.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
• Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.
  — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
• Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat.
  — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 June 2026
• Amy Madigan didn’t expect to be here.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
• The crowd will be amped, and the game itself is expected to be a doozy.
  — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025