Expects

Examples

• Go, herald, and ask her whether she expects any one to do battle for her in this her cause. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• No one expects the young to make original discoveries of just the same facts and principles as are embodied in the sciences of nature and man. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The socialist demand for a better distribution of wealth is of great consequence, but without a change in the very nature of labor society will not have achieved the happiness it expects. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Lydgate was in love with this actress, as a man is in love with a woman whom he never expects to speak to. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I am sure he expects nothing, papa. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• There now,said his lady, you see Mr. Palmer expects you; so you cannot refuse to come. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Do you think he expects to make a success of it? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• This minute he expects me, for I could release myself of his presence by no other means. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Certainly nobody expects our politicians to become philosophers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I can see that she admires you almost as much as a man expects to be admired. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Sir Leicester watches the sleet and snow and listens for the returning steps that he expects. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I think the goodness should come before he expects that. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The reasoning is perilously like that of the gifted lady amateur who expects to achieve greatness by imitating the paint box and palette, oils and canvases of an artist. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• You know Moore has resolved to have new machinery, and he expects two wagon-loads of frames and shears from Stilbro' this evening. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Electricity is always his main study, and electricity he expects in time will revolutionize modern life by making heat, power, and light practically as cheap as air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Whoever expects refinement in _me_ will be disappointed. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I doubt if he expects much of the old world. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Do you think Mr. Lydgate expects it? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Yes, yes, said Fife, nodding his head, I saw him to-day; he expects her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She expects to be confined in February, continued Mrs. Jennings. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Everyone expects it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Bucket (still grave) inquires if to-morrow morning, now, would suit, in case he should be as for'ard as he expects to be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He says he never expects to run out of mementoes of St. Paul as long as he is in reach of a sand-bank. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I should desire to study with him during the winter; and, as he expects to return to England in the spring, I should admire to be able to go with him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• That part which he expects is to afford him this revenue is called his capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Nobody ever expects that a strong, healthy man is going to die. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Yet, in buying goods, it is best to pay ready money, because he that sells upon credit expects to lose five per cent. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• She expects you; she will be down in a moment. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It is in years of scarcity, however, when prices are high, that the corn merchant expects to make his principal profit. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And uncle too--I know he expects it. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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