Everybody felt sorry for Mother because Daddy was missing, and nobody expected he would ever come back. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody asked that, but somehow he expected something more interesting from her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he started his business, he expected a 95 percent payment rate, based on the experience at his own office. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

After a long and wistful look at the lonely highway of the hall, Ralph found exploration more interesting and profitable than he had expected. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he expected me to agree wholeheartedly about the suffering of the Haitian poor and the injustices of the world, but I couldn’t always summon the same anger he felt. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I thought he was about to say he was sorry, but just when I expected his lips to part he grasped the tip of my toe and yanked. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bill asked, hoping he wouldn’t be expected to leave his comfortable spot. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They expected her alone to keep the traditional ways, which her brothers, now among the barbarians, could fumble without detection. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with her holding tightly, it slid through her embrace faster than she expected. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He expected nothing from me; my mere existence was enough. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late, and as always they were expected to work in the morning and needed sleep. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That kind of thing you would just naturally be expected to do on your own, without getting paid for it or winning any medals of honor. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was expected to speak of inconsequential things as the gloom of the evening descended. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She had expected the baboons to nest in the far trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As good as can be expected. Still no stapler. You?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He expected her to say, They're excited or scared or worried for their jobs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After what I’ve been through, some overcompensation is to be expected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had expected streamers and cake and confetti. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The cool pulse of dawn was beginning to give way to the beating heat of midmorning when the two curacas arrived, as expected. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You expected,” said Miss Havisham, as she looked them over, “no premium with the boy?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow had figured out within the first few minutes of meeting Mr. Ibis that his expected part in any conversation with the funeral director was to say as little as possible. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t expected that much of an allowance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to Håkon, who had still said nothing, hunched like he expected the bogatyri to attack him at any moment. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, Ernestine’s tonsils were recessed and bigger than the doctor had expected. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a duty expected of me, as it was expected of every man. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Here were the ropes and blocks I had expected, two or three sails, fenders, a small punt, pots of paints, all the litter and junk that goes with the using of boats. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The classroom was empty, but Mr. Creedy often let students work on projects during lunch, so I expected we wouldn’t be alone for long. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The only thing I really excelled at was canoeing, and that wasn’t the kind of heroic skill people expected to see from the kid who had beaten the Minotaur. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We Navajos were just expected to fit back in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had expected such an early morning session. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I expected a ton of Bibles stacked on the backseat, but I was surprised to see that, inside, it was like anybody else’s car. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, I was expected to learn Hebrew and study the Bible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He expected the credit he was due, but there is no evidence that he ever claimed more than his due. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was harder going, but he expected it to be, and the subject was exciting even if he didn’t understand everything the author said about it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was custom to ask, but Papa- Nnukwu expected us to say no—his eyes twinkled with mischief. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since my parents went to college, it was expected of me that I would go too. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pretty much expected him to say this, but I knew it had nothing to do with yarn and was really all about him not having money to buy it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When Shin saw his grade leader approaching with a shovel, he initially expected some help. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s doing a lot better than I expected.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

This meant, among other things, that the colonizers expected support from the Crown, including money for defense against Indigenous peoples who fought back against the invasion of their homelands. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Subsequent invitations to the research colloquia were not to be expected, and even the most casual questioning of Maurice would provoke the suspicion that we were at it again. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As also could be expected, Mother was patient and understanding, saying what a truly wonderful thing it was to meet the Dragon King. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He even expected it to be monstrous, but perhaps there was no preparing for one’s first monster. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Archie,” we said, then turned to greet the great cactus, as visitors were expected to do: “Senor Saguaro.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. We weren’t so close back then, but it’s never too late to start. The truth is, you’re the last person I expected to meet here, Countess,” the woman said gently. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Autopsy results are expected later in the week. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The one prospect of success lay with carbon-14, which was expected to be radioactive. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If I’d heard reports of Allies being late to work or not taking their duties seriously, I was stern in letting them know that we expected better. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was much talk about the forced-labor camps to which most of the prisoners expected to be sent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I expected the room to be empty, nobody lunched generally before one o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here, she expected the baby any minute and she was still out working. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected to be searching for a while, and anything he found would need careful confirmation. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mayor Thompson is expected to hold a press conference shortly—” I choke then. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We expected an attack all day but it did not come until the sun was going down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth expected me to wait for her so we could walk to cooking class together. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped the bar of soap I’d picked up at a liquor store, and eased into the water on the shallow end, but it was way colder than I expected. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, she had not expected such harsh retaliation. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following Eisenhower’s order, Strauss summoned Oppenheimer to his Washington office for what he expected to be a decisive encounter. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was a smaller crowd than the mirror had attracted, but there was much more activity than Kendra would have expected around a small pool of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Alone, I expected to feel guilty and sad and scared, but I didn’t feel any of those things. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The response to the Remember When contest was better than we’d expected. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

This isn't at all what I expected, I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected ex-slaves from the island to spread into America, preaching freedom and rebellion to the slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then the loud cry that crouched in Mrs. Morales throat, ready to spring when she heard the expected news, died where it lay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first meeting of the enlarged Egypt gang had gone off much more smoothly than they had expected. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not what I expected magic to be. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The tlamatini, who “himself was writing and wisdom,” was expected to write and maintain the codices and live in a way that set a moral example. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Later, we shall see you again and you’ll find us perfectly friendly and helpful to rabbits who understand what’s expected of them.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both much shorter than Moss expected. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, King, you were quite right,” he said, “and I should have listened to you in the first place. She is Lyra’s mother; I might have expected something like that.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But this open admission was more than Dimple had expected. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the television, we watch a terse Head Peacekeeper lay out specific rules regarding how many people per square foot each resident will be expected to take in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But to be quite frank, Mrs Taylor, during the time I was most involved in great affairs, Mr Churchill was not such a key figure and was not really expected to become one. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Getting to Venice had been easier than Prosper had expected. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At home, he counts out his life savings, which is a higher amount than he had expected, and packs a change of clothes and an extra sweater. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The way Admetus treated him shows more plainly than any other story we have how high the standards of hospitality were, how much was expected from a host to a guest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or this: The landlord is expected to strongly oppose weaker noise regulations. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had expected a photographer’s apartment to be covered in photographs, but the walls were bare. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I expected to receive instructions on where we should sit on the plane or how we were supposed to claim our luggage when we arrived in Miami. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was only to be expected on all scores that Bellerophon should seem less mortal than divine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected him to argue about the Next time, but he didn’t. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But nothing had turned out as either of them expected. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Tendai expected to see hatred, but what he detected was far more surprising: it wasn’t the Spirit Medium at all! The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one, however, expected the sheer crush of visitors that actually did arrive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The watchers expected them to slow down as they came to the bank, but they kept straight on and appeared actually to be going to run underground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had obviously not expected the item he was supposed to steal—which had made the old man's voice quiver with longing—would be a piece of old wood! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At any moment he expected to hear his name shouted; expected to feel his arms being grabbed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Am I expected to cover myself with cloaks and let my body be covered in dark fur? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d expected her to tell me that she was still working on her revenge scheme, or that she was afraid their weapons were too strong so there was no use in fighting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I expected some response, some signal that she accepted understanding from me and Tommy in a way she didn’t from the veterans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he ventured to unbuckle the cumbersome sword, Eilonwy opened one eye, made an irritated face, and pulled the blade away from him—with more determination than he had expected. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“To tell the truth,” said the Dean, “I’d expected something a little more classical. Oil lamps. Discus throwing. Nude youths wrestling on the floor.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The government rules about organic food allow companies to make organic high-fructose corn syrup—words I never expected to see combined. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Nor— coming from a humble background—could he automatically be expected to have a confident grasp of classical rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He half expected Wylan wouldn’t follow, but he could hear the merchling behind him, breathing hard, a low whistle in his lungs as they pounded toward the next stack of barrels. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She had expected him to be older than Florence, and bald, or gray. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I remember being shocked at the feel of him—I was a medic, but still I half expected him to be plastic, not real. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected to be standing outside so long. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He searched my face for the look of contempt he expected. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor truck was rattling to the point I expected the hood to fly off and decapitate a couple of pine trees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Lily to protest, but she just yawned and said, “Do what you want.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She was not nervous; in fact, Penelope fully expected Lady Constance to fire her on the spot, so she felt she might as well say what she thought. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Roza,” she said gravely, in an accented voice much deeper than Finn would have expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"We expected you at the afternoon session . . ." Now it's beginning, I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went to the machine shop, I expected to see the machinists hard at work on my rockets, but I was disappointed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandmother raised the heat off their gambling parlors, or said the word that reduced the bail of a friend waiting in jail, they knew what would be expected of them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected to see the horn emptied, but it was as full as when he had begun to drink, or nearly as full. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Moving from a dissonance to the consonance that is expected to follow it is called resolution, or resolving the dissonance. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve never thought about this before, but I can see that some sort of an answer is expected. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mirror showed the corridor behind her; that was only to be expected. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As expected, Dad was kicked back in his recliner, scrolling through his phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A great deal of the time you were expected to make them up out of your head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The expected value of a quantity is simply the average of its values weighted according to their probabilities. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

More people signed up for choir than I expected. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I came into the games ranked eighth in the world, and no matter what everyone else expected of me, I wanted to win. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It never bothered me before tonight, because I guess I’m used to it and I’ve never expected it be any other way. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But there’s another part of me that expected this. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She expected them to stop her at the last moment. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

That spring, she told the Treasury officials that from now on she expected them to shield her from journalists. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were faces you never expected to see except perhaps on the airbrushed pages of a fashion magazine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stands perfectly still in the center of the stage, patiently, as though she has expected such a reaction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A Party member is expected to have no private emotions and no respites from enthusiasm. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“There has not been any change made about your own arrangements? You will not be summoned to leave England sooner than you expected?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a shock, he realized that he had expected to see the other Hessians. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They can’t be expected to learn the languages of all the different species they deal with, babbling across the galaxy, some of them speaking in smells or patterned light. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was much harder than they ever expected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I expected Trevor’s mom to start driving us home right away, but she didn’t. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

"You were better than expected," a voice says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

You were expected to respond to questions, and you were expected to pose questions of your own. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was heavy in his hands, and harder to grip than he’d expected — her hair. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly everybody expected spectacular things from Tom Riddle, prefect, Head Boy, winner of the Award for Special Services to the School. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Most of them were huddled together in groups, cowering as if they expected some horrible punishment from the new arrivals. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His dad expected him to be a man. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He left her, saying that his master the mage expected him at home, and he did not come back to the meadow the next day. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

By writing worthless checks right around the clock, he expected to haul in three, maybe four thousand dollars within a twenty-four-hour period. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote Mama telling her that I expected to be home around January or February. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any moment he expected a car to start up and swing, with its lights extinguished, onto a muddy back lane, heading surreptitiously out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yet it is expected of you. Your absence has been noted." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, I admire your thoroughness,” said Bigwig, thinking to himself that his secret task seemed to be even more hopeless than he had expected. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We never expected to find you three,” Officer Kelly said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected, but it was nothing like what I found. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And the worst of the heat wasn’t in the Southwest, where people expected it and crops and lifestyles were adapted to it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Lower than I'd like, but he's been in Mars gravity for eighteen months, so it's expected." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something else happens, too, perhaps less expected; the social information seems to pave over the value of the driving information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She banged pots and rattled pans and complained that the whole world expected her to be at their beck and call. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I liked the assignment, but it was harder than I expected. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He’d expected to see nurses rushing in to answer the alarm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Finding them wasn’t as easy as I had expected,” he added, with the faintest note of reproach in his voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I expected blue, but no, she sewed it in golds and browns. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A rich man like Mzizi, who had many cattle, would normally be expected to have many children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Plus she had hardly expected that anything would come of it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked toward the gate that led to the lobby of the visitation room, where I expected a routine pat-down before entering the visitation area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And Cor, who had very much wanted the story to be known, though he felt he couldn't tell it himself, didn't enjoy it so much as he had expected, and indeed felt rather foolish. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Most everyone in the town of Green Lake expected Miss Katherine to marry Trout Walker. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Pérez had expected everybody to leave at that point, but 80 percent stayed behind, as living conditions at the sanitorium were better than in other parts of Cuba. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s no patient expected. I couldn’t put you in just any room.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The consciousness of being in overwhelming force had given these sightseers a courage which the Savage had not expected of them. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she needed more money, she was expected to raise the funds herself. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In return they were expected to protect that goddesses' sanctuary from outsiders. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jack expected me to run, probably; he never expected me to stand up and fight, and he did not even think of dodging. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got to say,” Viola shouts, “it’s kind of smaller than I expected.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Workers would want to know if they’d be expected to come in that day or the next. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It took a four-man team to guard the lowliest politician, but he was expected to contain this impossible situation on his own. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I knew something was going to happen, because my father just expected my sisters and me to accept her as our mother. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she felt a twinge of sympathy for Mia, too, one she hadn’t felt before and had never expected to feel: how excruciating it must have been to think about giving her child away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Women were “supposed” to wait for the assignments from their supervisors, and weren’t expected to take the lead by asking questions or pushing for plum assignments. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"I can't believe he's gotten all the way here. I never would have expected that." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He expected more good news about the surrender of additional Confederate armies. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cold, stone grasp was just as I expected. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ever since the first night I had slept at the Courters’, they had expected me to help in the kitchen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As I had expected, the men led me to a small log cabin in a moonlit clearing in the woods. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone seen as being less patriotic than expected was suspected of being a Communist, a Communist sympathizer, or a Socialist—a slight ideological variation of Communism. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She blinked when she saw me standing there, as if she hadn’t really expected anyone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had half expected that the instant she put a foot on the stairs they would leap from their beds and surround her with accusations. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at Buck’s Peak for Christmas, I expected to find Emily on bed rest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While I paced softly on, the last sound I expected to hear in so still a region, a laugh, struck my ear. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Such behavior became an accepted, even expected, feature of the political landscape during the middle third of the nineteenth century and has remained so ever since. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected of them, but I am surprised by how normal they seem. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

What Aristotle has to say about oaths is fairly peripheral for the modern courtroom, where everyone is expected to speak under oath. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She had expected everyone to be curious about her, but instead everybody seemed to have forgotten her completely. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The best they could be expected to do was regurgitate. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily had expected James to appear, but instead she heard his voice reply in Chinese. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I half expected his wide eyes to peep around the door to check who it was. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was early afternoon before we finally came to the source of the smoke, and what we found was not at all what we expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You are a Hogwarts champion, and you will do what is expected of you as a representative of the school. So make sure you get yourself a partner, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When they reached the top of the drive, they didn’t go up the front walk like Ophie expected. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He announced our expected time of return on Saturday and suggested that everyone be on hand to meet us, win or lose. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The formal vote on the proposal would be made at the April 12 board meeting, but as the majority of voters could be expected to follow Whitney’s lead, his opinion was everything. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that it wasn’t before. It’s just that Charles was so much worse than anyone had expected. I...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was no rule explicitly forbidding exercise at such an hour, but it was not expected; ordinarily therefore Mr. Ludsbury would have disapproved. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had expected that the Rad Lab, like other scientific institutions, would be placed on a crash diet after the war as the torrent of military funding dried up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With one of the highest IQs in the study, one might have expected Hodel to discover the structure of DNA or something. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He had been looking down but now Monkeyman looked up, right into my eyes, as if he expected me to say something that was right for the moment. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected a full-fledged grilling or a lecture, but he went easy on me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

People were still making their way outside, so he expected it would take a while for him to find his mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tommy was looking at me as though he expected me to come up with an answer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I am expected to respond, to express gratitude, but it takes a conscious effort to smile, and several moments to form the words. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Max Delbriick was in the expected group, and since he was a professor at Cal Tech he might have further news about Pauling’s latest trick. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I was becoming my own person—a different person from the one my parents had expected me to be. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I expected to read strings and strings of words tapped out from her pencil onto the walls. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kim’s expected to only date Jewish guys, which means she doesn’t date. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullet wasn't where the doctors expected to find it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And the tension he had expected, the weight of memory and regret that would come with seeing Olanna again in her presence, were absent. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pass the open door to Mr. Porter’s room and, in one hurried glance, pull in more than I expected. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There was only talk of what white people wanted and how they expected us to behave. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have expected anything to the contrary. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I have to say that finding you two ladies gossiping in the garden when I got home was not what I expected.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to see strain at the edges of her smile, but I don’t. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She waited, as if she expected one of us to escort her to the door. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As he expected, they were disappointed over the failure at Efrafa and full of indignation at the ill-treatment of Holly and his companions. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The World had been expected to end in the year one thousand, and, in the reaction which followed its reprieve, there had been a burst of lawlessness and brutality which had sickened Europe for centuries. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper had expected the rest of the crew to be collecting demo supplies in the big laundry room already. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But when the time came, he broke his oath to us, as might be expected.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced automatically at Ron’s neck and saw, as he had expected, the golden chain of the Horcrux glinting there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the bookcase didn’t move the way he expected; it didn’t topple straight out from the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The ship was smaller than he had expected, and the wind more treacherous. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The coffin was much heavier than we had expected, and we had to ask the guard to help. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and them had expected we would all sit up with Granny that night. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Of all the moves Gebu might have made, this was the least to be expected. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I have to tilt my head back to look at the airplane, which is bigger than I expected it to be, and silver-white. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mom suggested that they begin the meeting right away since no other people were expected. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora expected the blanket to be ripped off the next moment and made a portrait of the ensuing mayhem. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Military checkpoints were suddenly everywhere on Highway 1, and Farmer, like everyone else, was expected to pay a bribe. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Park was the last person she expected to see standing there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She expected Clara to enter one of her moonstruck trances and exit through the window, but nothing of the sort took place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss almost expected the students to groan, but they were dead silent instead. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It is warmer than he expected, even through two layers of glove. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jule expected the boyfriend would be irritated, but instead he grinned. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I expected any different. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Emma,” said she, “this paper is worse than I expected. Look! in places you see it is dreadfully dirty; and the wainscot is more yellow and forlorn than any thing I could have imagined.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

In a vague way he had expected this to be the end of something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I expected at least that the pigs were got into the garden, and here is nothing but Lady Catherine and her daughter.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

When I arrived the meeting was in session, just as I expected, and word had been left that it was not to be disturbed by anyone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

William and the dozen other oblates would be expected to sit quietly and absorb the “wisdom” that Bartholomew bestowed upon them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s sooner than either of them expected—only two weeks since the state dinner, two weeks of wanting Henry back under him as soon as possible and saying everything short of that in their texts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The day had gone as well as could be expected. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A sheet of paper was tacked up, listing the names of die children expected to attend practice. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Branwell had expected his dad to have his design printed up and sent out to family and friends. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected Mrs. Chase to turn into a raving lunatic at the mention of her stepdaughter, but she just pursed her lips and looked concerned. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m tired,” she said, and I nodded, deflated because I had expected more. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was one emotion I expected to feel but did not. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I know she had the ring before Dad served a mission—which was expected of all faithful Mormon men—and spent two years proselytizing in Florida. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the world of the Tipping Point is a place where the unexpected becomes expected, where radical change is more than possibility. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I had expected, but it definitely wasn’t this. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe because their boss expected them to do something once in a while: shoot a coyote or catch a Mexican. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was what I came down to Red Witch Bridge to feel anyway, but I’d never expected any help from Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kosi expected him to cheat, and her concern was to minimize the possibilities he might have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t expected this day to come for many, many years. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All her life, whenever her grandfather had asked her a question he had expected a direct answer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I had half expected him to say that. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The first time I visited Nana at the nursing home I expected to find her alone in a dreary room, sitting in her own feces while the orderlies ignored or berated her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I expected Bilal to stop these men, whose muddy feet were already tracking footprints onto the marble floor, but he stood frozen to the side. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We all expected that one day they would slip right off and fall to the floor. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first woman in space would be expected to do the same. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, sir,” the chaplain replied, discerning wisely that Colonel Korn expected nothing more in the way of a response. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The other man left—finally—and she expected Lazlo to go back to sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He expected her to look around, to inspect the place that she had been asked to stay away from for months now. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yessum,” he said, trying to get into his voice some of the pity for Mrs. Dalton that he thought Peggy expected him to feel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She held her hand out to me as though she expected me to kiss it or bow over it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother expected it would be and it would. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Conversation washes over me, slips around me, snagging now and then when I’m expected to answer a question or laugh at a joke. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Harry, who had expected more marble, was surprised. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

According to conventional nuclear physics, this was extraordinary, even bizarre: nuclei of different weights would be expected to emit disintegration products of widely variable energies, with the heavy elements producing the more energetic recoils. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe he expected it to break off like that piece of robot. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“And after school,” Mr. Nielsen says, “you will be expected to help in the store. We’ll pay you an hourly wage, of course. You know about the store, Dorothy, do you not?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’d raised my voice to let it get to the others and had expected an echo. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was at all times cheerful, energetic, helpful, and as competent as a new hire can be expected to be. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice rang, playful yet deeper than he would have expected. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor is this in any sense a miracle, but very ordinary and to be expected. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at me for a long moment, and I half expected her to beg off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I half expected someone—my father?—to come out and throw the diapers on the TV console at me while scolding me, irrationally, for staying away so long. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Saturday morning, when there was a heavy knock knock on her bedroom door, George expected Mom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

All the way through I had expected my parents to stop her, invoking, if nothing else, the nearness of the neighbors. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They expected the ANC to give them an order to battle the police and the army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had no idea which way was up, which down: His scar was still burning; he expected to die at any second. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Harry, throwing caution to the winds, “Professor — it’s about the Sorcerer’s Stone —” Whatever Professor McGonagall had expected, it wasn’t that. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The chief expected us to disavow any such absurdities before he could endorse our church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

First Dad, now Twig—everyone expected me to have a plan. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I expected them to hurl home-wrecker insults at me, so this is actually a relief. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Momma always told me and Hana we had to act better than other kids because people expected less of us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I guess she hadn’t expected class comments to throw a wrench into her lesson plan. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was locked fast; and the rain blew in their faces, and in the darkening sky low clouds went hurrying by, and their hearts sank a little, for they had expected more welcome. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I half expected Diego to chase after me, but he didn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was as though some such visit had been expected. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never expected to be someone who hired others to maintain my image, and at first the idea was discomfiting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The stem was coming now, roaring past, and the turbulence caused by the tanker’s screws bounced the Frog this way and that, though not as severely as he expected. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists never expected there to be any living organisms there because it was so hot and so poisonous, but there are whole ecosystems there. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to clear her mind and imagine the scene through Sciron’s eyes—what he desired, what he expected. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then the last person I expected to object did so. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frontier lawmen, in particular, were primarily gunfighters and trackers; they were expected to deter crimes and to apprehend a known gunman alive if possible, dead if necessary. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, expected it to come sooner, and I wonder how much I am to blame for his decision. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He told me to show up at this wedding. It’s a lot more rural than I expected, but...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the campfire, everyone kept looking at the stars, as if they expected Leo to come back in some dramatic, last-minute surprise. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I am not sorry you lost them, for you broke the rules, and deserved some punishment for disobedience,” was the severe reply, which rather disappointed the young lady, who expected nothing but sympathy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The confusion that ensued when I explained to my stepfather that I expected to deliver the baby in three weeks, more or less, was reminiscent of a Moliere comedy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth glanced nervously at the ground, as if she expected it to open up and swallow her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Being a strong, motivated, hardened American soldier was drummed into Oshiro and every member of the Special Forces until they were the elite force the army expected. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

His yelling bay sounded a lot more like he was just barking because he figured that’s what we expected him to do. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Therefore you expected to be punished if you were caught.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To discover eyes upon you when you expected no one to notice you at all. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As well as can be expected,” he says. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Kwang hasn’t arrived yet, but he’s expected and the media are thick on the ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was heavier than she expected, and he clung to her, his legs wrapped firmly around her hips, his head resting against her chest. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what he expected her to say but finally came up with, “My best friend in camp had a plaid skirt. Her mom got the material from the Sears catalog.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I know. Dr. Nawaz said that was to be expected—” He was shaking his head. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Also, Mr. Tallis was expected from London at any moment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Union Stock Yards commissioned Burnham’s firm to build a new passenger depot at its entrance, to manage the expected crush of fairgoers seeking a crimson break from the White City. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t expected I would be turned away, not after what the mother had said. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had not expected him to inquire further but instead he perked up noticeably. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what I expected, it wasn’t like she wore a crown and sat on a throne giving out royal orders. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy had expected an emotional reaction to the news of the groundbreaking ceremony, but Mullet Fingers remained surprisingly calm, almost as if he’d been expecting it. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gravity yanked them both toward the bottom a lot faster than they had expected. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I almost expected her to turn and stick her tongue out at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The voice shivers back but answers the way I expected. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’d expected, but the world certainly hadn’t been kicked out of its orbit overnight. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As I expected, Danny did not join any of the Zionist groups. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I'd never thought much about how Americans were viewed overseas until I came to France and was expected to look and behave in a certain way. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pollard must have expected to be taken off his weekday mounts for a few days. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected bumps, swerves, screeching brakes, head-on collisions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He laid heavy emphasis on the early and late medieval Talmudic commentators, and we were always expected to come to class knowing the Talmud text and these commentators in advance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But in centuries past, pulpit preachers, rabble-rousers at political rallies, parliamentarians, and lawyers would be expected to thunder on—sometimes literally for hours—without a shred of a note. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the clearing he expected to see them: some standing, others lying down, the color of their hides reflecting the moon like snow on the mountain peaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I will be expected to dance so fiercely that I wear through a pair every night. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The engineer looked forward to that day, and fully expected he’d live to see it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Silent for a moment, he seemed uncertain of what I expected to hear. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The veterans had expected a big, prestigious design firm or architecture firm to win the contest, one headed by an experienced male. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But when she read the list to Jaimito, she did not get the reaction she expected. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She figured that since her job seemed to consist of taking trays hither and thither she would be expected to take the empty breakfast setting back to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Getting pregnant with a seventh was not what she had expected or preferred, but she would love this child as she had loved each one before. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could see the wisdom in that, but I expected Mr. Kendall would do the telling. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They knew more about me, and had read more of what I had written, than I had expected, and I wondered what they made of it all, what they took my usefulness to be. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They seemed a scruffy bunch, but that was only to be expected of sellswords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I guess I expected everyone to look happy on Christmas, but I could tell by the way she walked with her head down that she wasn’t happy. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t expected an answer so I was surprised when he spoke quietly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had a snappy comment ready, but he hadn’t said what I expected. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But Griffith, an unassuming, painfully shy scientist—“this tiny man who...barely spoke above a whisper”—could hardly be expected to broadcast the broader relevance or appeal of his results. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had not expected anything like this; he had not thought that this world would be so utterly different from his own that it would intimidate him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was, as he and his publisher must confidently have expected, promptly banned and immediately successful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He did not reply for a moment but looked all round him, and up and down, as though he expected to find some inspiration for an answer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I expected that we would go into a TV-style courtroom, but we went from a public hallway to a private one and then into a corporate-style conference room with a polished table in the middle. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected us to do, but it all seemed too easy after hiding for so many days. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I told him that while most of my tuition was covered by grants and loans and scholarships, the school expected me to contribute two thousand dollars a year. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If the Court wasn't troubled by anything we'd presented, I expected an earlier ruling on our motion for a stay. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I expected his dad to make him the victim.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The earth had been hard, and she had been hurt—cheek, wrist, ribs, foot—but not nearly as badly as she’d expected. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We had never expected to make any money after the war, but we were doing quite well. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Zeitoun agreed to talk about it again in the morning, though they both expected Kathy to be packing up the kids sometime the next day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I would make sure I knew who or what was lurking around me, waiting to harm us when we least expected it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could not answer this and was not absolutely certain that I was expected to. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

As they expected, the bombardments drove positrons from the target foils. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When she rounded the bend, she half expected the cabin to have disappeared. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure what I expected, but this wasn't it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had not expected this and was not sure he wanted to hear it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Half asleep, he was staring at me, his eyes filled with terror, as though he expected me to burst out laughing and tell him to go back to bed. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some visitors are expected this evening, but there is no reason why your presence will be required.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer had expected Nita’s prissy distaste for the slums of the Orleans to continue, but she adapted quickly, with a fierce attention to whatever Tool and Nailer taught. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t really expected to know, so I waited. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sent an invitation but never expected her to show up. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora jabbed a finger at Matthew like he expected him to respond. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was what Jaja and I said, what Papa expected us to say, when good things happened. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her having married a Baptist, Cold Sassy naturally expected her to show up there that morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

No one who knew Teller would have expected him to submit meekly to Lawrence’s authority. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I expected Mom and Dad to say something like, “Oh, honey, don’t say things like that. We’ll be mad at you for a while, but then things will get better.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The centrifuge, which was being pursued by Lawrence’s old friend Jesse Beams at the University of Virginia, persistently underperformed its expected enrichment yield; it would be the first method abandoned outright. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This was not a tykes’ game, where arguing and fighting were expected. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the man they always expected was already there, the car parked in back where it couldn’t be seen from the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By your reek we expected you ages ago. Look, Fangor, he has brought the pup.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She felt afraid to go into this house now, even though she didn’t know what she expected inside. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had expected someone flamboyant, someone older trying desperately to look young, someone who viewed me as a piece of meat to be prepared for a platter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He expected them to stand endlessly in his doorway, his half German shepherd jumping up on them as he rambled on about the boiler. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius stumbled past Jones, who had never expected the sabotage to assume such dramatic proportions. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always knew instinctively the ones you could move, even though the greater part was buried in die earth, and he expected you to move the rock and not discuss it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids all giggled, and Carmen knew they expected her to join in. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She was looking me up and down, as I had expected, but in a direct straightforward fashion, not maliciously like Mrs. Danvers, not with unfriendliness. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe it’s not quite as ‘time off’ as I expected. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt it was what was to be expected, and what could not be helped: an ordinary beggar is frequently an object of suspicion; a well-dressed beggar inevitably so. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

My answer to that question was not the one they expected, but it drove home my point. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

People couldn’t be expected to trudge halfway across the city every time they wanted to communicate with someone. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I had ever been expected to do much writing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

More snow was expected over the next couple of days. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We expected it all to end at any moment. Either the Nazis would find us and shoot us or it was a dream and we would wake up,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I was surprised to find these memories held only a gentle ache, not the deep pain I expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He expected all Americans to thank him for saving the nation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He half expected to see her come through flattened straight out like the coyote on Road Runner. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the rancor disappeared much sooner than she herself had expected, and then she continued sending the food out of pride and finally out of compassion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She looked about eighty-five in both age and weight, which wasn’t what I expected. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ll say one thing—this is not how I expected my Friday to go.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

More snow, possibly heavy, is expected by evening. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, I was overcome with a strange sadness, at odds with the relief I had expected to feel, now that the threat which had hung over me for so long was removed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

After several days, weeks, or months of sleeping in your aunt’s basement or on a friend’s couch, a time comes when you are expected to fend for yourself. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the early years of the USSR, a woman was expected to have a job and also be a mother. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a feeling he expected to disappear, no matter how far he and Annie ran. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had not expected him to be there. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boy pumped my hand as though he expected me to spout water. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He expected the door to be locked when he turned the cut-glass knob, but it swung open. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anybody had expected the case to turn into a lesson about protecting our fellow officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was to be expected, since it was unusual for political offenders to be put on trial or even publicly denounced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Yet having appeared in a tie, would it become expected ever after? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never expected doing the right thing to be so hard. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure nobody ever expected the dead to get up in the middle of a pitched battle and start eating people, which is what they did at the Battle of Little Round Top. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Faro, in other words, knows what is expected, and Mr. Loomis, having watched from the window all day, knows that he knows. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It's October, and so far things have been going pretty good, better than I ever expected. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I expected her to say something normal, like “I’ll tell him you stopped by,” so I don’t know how to respond. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Because the Whitehorn case was officially unresolved, I expected the trails of evidence to disappear into a morass. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sending it forty-eight months early gives it plenty of extra time in case fuel reactions go slower than expected. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In view of these limitations, and knowing Father's esteem for conciseness, I have listed here the revised round of duties he will from now on be expected to perform.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The National Park Service, a bureau of the Department of the Interior, prepared to handle the huge crowd that was expected. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The nuns expected us to ask for purity of soul, or a holy life. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected him to get angry and try to fight me again. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I expected us to immediately move on to greater things, like arabesques, grands jetés, and pirouettes, but we couldn’t. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your term of service is over and the time of dissolution has come. I expected it, but—Well, the Master’s will be done!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I expected a mocking tone, but didn’t hear one, so I made myself meet his eyes. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know what you expected, Ron, but you —” “Don’t tell me I deserved it,” snapped Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He expected her to marry, to stay close to home, and to honor her family. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I expected Vonetta to say, “Yeah. Let me breathe,” or something like that. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They expected us to choose one of two prestigious career paths, doctor or lawyer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She waited for a second, as if, again, she expected him to go on. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was very young, he thought, she still expected something from life, she did not understand that to push an inconvenient person over a cliff solves nothing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He felt a need to speak more, for he felt that maybe Mr. Dalton expected it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mark half expected them to be wearing crazy robes or be flat-out naked, but they wore simple clothes—T-shirts, tank tops, jeans, shorts, tennis shoes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In three months he expected to establish his headquarters in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And, "Just for a few minutes . . ." And then, right before he came back to the door, "With a nickname like Big Red, I expected her to be a lot bigger." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But they were still in the middle of the Test—still expected to complete it, and Celaena looked up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I expected the answer I got—that no soldier had been there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had probably been designed by a self-taught civil engineer, which may have accounted for the absence of all those expected molecules of water. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We were expected to learn each technique quickly and to practice what we had learned on our own until it became second nature. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking at him as if she’d expected him, and then he realized that there was something missing: she had no dæmon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Can any of us be expected to know the consequences of actions that feel so close to mere accident? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It fit me better than I expected, but I paused in the middle of buttoning it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At Moat Cailin the bog devils had loosed poisoned arrows at his men, but that was to be expected from such degraded creatures. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Inigo was about to say, but there was no need, because with a rush of wings he had expected and a high long shriek he had not, the first king bat swooped down at him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eisenhowers brochure put forth a vague, practically useless timetable for when the United States might be expected to achieve a variety of objectives in space: “Early,” “Later,” “Still Later,” “And Much Later Still.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I knew God expected us to share his gifts with others, and we did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Also the only thing I can afford: I have won a scholarship to university, which was no more than expected. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The connection I have with Rufus isn’t what I expected when I met him around three in the morning. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I expected him to stand up and start back into the lesson, but he didn’t. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had expected to encounter antagonism, even confrontation, and instead was being offered sly, misguided collusion. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hole was deep now—deeper than Woundwort had expected and still there was no sign of a fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naturally, we were expected to cheer or answer back or do something. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He expected it to pass over his house on its way elsewhere, but when he poked his head out and looked up he saw that it was hovering over his house, over him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I would’ve expected his bright eyes to look dimmer in the night, but instead they seem to reflect the light coming from the windows above us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Billy expected the Tralfamadorians to be baffled and alarmed by all the wars and other forms of murder on Earth. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A war has been declared against poor communities of color, and the police are expected to wage it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘Where is he?’ said Frodo, looking round, as if he expected a masked and sinister figure to come out of a cupboard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is what I had expected God to do at my first holy communion! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, I was anxious to get out of there as fast as I could, but I’d expected him to start with the usual sales pitch to stay in Greenwood. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s not as if I hadn’t expected consequences. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He would have expected the Warden to not want the campers digging so close to her home. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We had less trouble enticing him to the car than I’d expected. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It may be pointed out, of course, that as far as long-distance motoring is concerned, I am something of a novice, and such simple oversights are only to be expected. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Frost sounded more intrigued by the news than Scarlett could have expected. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

No, Eleanor told herself; it’s partly because everything seems so dark around here, and partly because I expected that man’s wife to be ugly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know what I expected when Michah first described it to me, but it's both exactly like I pictured and nothing like it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s sturdier than I expected it to be, hard and strong. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Dad and Mother returned home, all of us expected to be disciplined. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had brought it up so casually because she never expected the answer to be yes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Since such a tiny thing as a flower in a brown bowl at the library had thrilled her so, she expected that the great city of New York would thrill her a hundred times more. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it was lighter than he expected, the smaller pack gave the impression of being heavy and unwieldy, like a brimming bucket of water in danger of overflowing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Smaller than I expected, it’s only the size of my wheelchair tray, but it’s sleek and shiny and cool to the touch. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At the theatre, Booth had expected to also kill Union general Ulysses Grant. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dill expected the question and still had to think about how exactly to answer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Alex half expected the snooker table to rise out of the floor, but instead, on every wall, a panel slid up to reveal floor-to-ceiling television screens that immediately flickered into life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A form of expectancy, a mood of waiting, a hoping for something like justification; as though they expected me to be more than just another speaker, or an entertainer. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was more demanding than any of the girls or their parents expected—she made her players run for thirty-five minutes and do sets of sit-ups, push-ups, and leg lifts before each practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what he expected—for us to smile back? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Though they had expected something to happen eventually, they were amazed at the change that had come over the Ents. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Brunner expected me to be as good as everybody else, despite the fact that I have dyslexia and attention deficit disorder and I had never made above a C— in my life. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I cowered to the back of the cage, which was just what he expected me to do; one hand pressed me flat against the wire wall; then his fingers gripped my shoulders. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The room gasped, and all expected the emperor to call his guards to drag the king away. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was no way I could have, because Clancy Gray looked straight at me and said the very last thing on earth I expected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But there are subtle differences in what is expected of individual rowers depending on which seat they occupy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, as slowly as might be expected from any lady no longer in her first, or even her second, youth, she climbed down from the driver's seat to the wet earth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not even a good chum like Charlie could be expected to wear these. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

These kinds of antics were not what I expected from my college experience. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’d been exerting myself at full bore for the past three hours, and I expected to be at it for at least an hour more before taking a rest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Flare path remained lit so I assumed and had to trust that I was still expected—possibly my passenger had come down safely and informed the reception committee about the damage to the aircraft. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We expected her to say yes, but I think she surprised us all. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I just never expected to hear it again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“There are times when married life is not what I expected” Lady Constance finally remarked, after three quarters of an hour had passed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

‘Such a resolve might be expected from a lord of the House of Eorl, old though he be,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

All that the pairs were expected to do today was to come up with their experiments. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Some inmates— particularly because it would involve a second strip-search—were expected to resist. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is an ignis fatuus,” was my first thought; and I expected it would soon vanish. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The life of a priest’s wife had been even worse than Aunt Zo had expected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He’d expected to wake in the den of the Black Tips or some other rival gang. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And so when I asked why, I expected her usual answer: beauty for beauty’s sake. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I looked around as if I expected to see a street sign in the kitchen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrea looked out at the ocean as if she expected to see her school sitting out there on the water. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And third, help can come when it’s least expected, and that’s good to remember, because it means you’re never really alone. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They planned routes in and out of the factory and practiced wrapping explosives around the type of equipment they expected to find inside. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I expected the corset unlacing would take place after dinner,” Celia says mildly, earning a chorus of laughter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

With the back door open, the house wasn’t as dark as I’d expected. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

New educators hoped to teach in their major subject, of course, but would be expected to assume whatever duties were necessary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He said he gave us credit when we didn’t have eating money, so he expected us to pay without complaining. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie certainly hadn’t expected me and was too sharp to take it as a coincidence. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They not only expected them, but also produced them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ghosts of friends lost in the last months flitted across when I least expected them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he expected the worst, and braced himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He had to study hard if he expected to graduate in time to attend the university in the fall. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was smaller than I had expected—as places reconstructed from borrowed memories inevitably are—but also duller and dustier. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Galton’s talk might not have generated the effusive endorsement that he had expected—he later groused that his audience was “living forty years ago”—but he had obviously touched a raw nerve. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had already memorized the choreography of the Balanchine Nutcracker, so I expected to come out of class dancing like a real ballerina. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened so often, I almost expected it. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She put her head out through the car window and said with fury, “My name is Eleanor Vance. I am expected in Hill House. Unlock those gates at once.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pong expected to feel a surge of hatred for her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Harry, who had expected something much more exciting, saw a mess of small, everyday objects: a yo-yo, a silver thimble, and a tarnished mouth organ among them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course she did, and had a capital time. I expected to see her brought home in fragments, but she managed him perfectly, and was the life of the party.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she had finished breakfast earlier than she expected, because she was bored. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It took Claire longer than she had expected to make her way through the narrow shadowed tunnel that the crevice had formed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The kind of frown I’d have expected from a mother who thinks I corrupted her daughter. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The more you learn to do at the store, the more you’re expected to do at the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When your service is exclusive for Deckers, not many reviews are to be expected. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He and the others are surely feeling it, too. Just tell him that Constance is hearing voices. He hadn’t expected that.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It's when mercy is least expected that it's most potent—strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood, retribution and suffering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Finn expected Emma’s face to light up at that idea, but she stayed serious. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I expected the smell of rubber too, and the pain; but there was not as much pain, and not nearly as much blood as everyone said. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As I expected!” said Aunt Marge, taking a huge swig of brandy and wiping her chin on her sleeve. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t. I think it’s a matter of what is expected. You look at a man’s eyes, you see that he expects pidgin and a shuffle, so you speak pidgin and shuffle.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In interviews with one hundred residents of two Tallahassee, Florida, communities, researchers found that nearly every one of them had experienced or expected to experience the return of a family member from prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Agents were now expected to standardize the way they filed their case reports, on single sheets of paper. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now, that wasn't what I'd expected to hear from history's most legendary warrior, but I was still hungry from my time of being...not alive, so I followed him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

His shoulders were tense, as if he expected a fight. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He described the case and discussed what would be expected of me if I took part. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He is not sure Poppet’s answer is entirely what he expected, if he expected anything at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tonight we expected a similar visit to tell us Hatun had finished his term of duty and would return home soon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She had known that Angel would have the answer, but she had expected it to be a loud bang, not a quiet soaking in. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I should have brought along my boyfriend to make the experience feel more real or important, but I hadn't expected it to be a spectator sport. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The girls in the ATA had been given a good splash of publicity in the papers and were expected to live up to certain standards of neatness. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I wish I knew. As I explained to your mother last night, I expected her to be accepted.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The stag moved farther than we expected, Your Highness,” said the new arrival, and Ash realized that the man with the scar was Prince Aidan. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I admitted, grimacing as the coach careened around a corner so sharply, I expected us to crash. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her family’s social status, however, meant that she was expected to follow a more traditional path. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The reaction at school today is just what I expected. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Whenever I was home, he expected me to provide his gambling funds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Flora fully expected that at some point, her mother’s hair would catch on fire. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I could tell he hadn’t expected me to get as mad as I had. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

No—he didn’t expect me to be as good; he expected me to be better. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I have to admit it’s much tougher here than I expected, but at least everyone seems to have the bare necessities. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming back isn’t as hard as I expected. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s smaller than I expected but nice, with stained-glass windows and rows of polished wooden pews. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He should have expected it; the kids had been talking about the Cozy Table’s famous pancakes since the start of school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know what exactly she expected “some sign” to be. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Only what we have expected,” he answered wearily. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised by what the mayor had said; he had not expected an apology, certainly not one that felt real. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Men and women were expected to be brave, hardy, honest, and uncomplaining. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I asked when I gave it back, not sure, perhaps, what I had expected his real name to be. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle half expected him to start scratching the toe of his shoe at the dirt, searching for chicken feed. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Here it was: all the stuff of her activity that I had expected to see in her room at home, the “office” whose location 178 she would not reveal. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Aunt Bushy had, as expected, left school after Standard Six and was now working at a garment factory on the outskirts of Alexandra. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the Worthington tomb, then, and she went looking for her son, whom she found, as she expected to, at the top of the hill, staring out over the town. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Probably, El Jefe’s car is expected down the main avenue, which means cars will be backed up until his motorcade passes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There were only two male teachers in our entire elementary school, and none of us expected to have one until junior high school. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I half expected to find an army of security guards waiting for me outside, their guns leveled at my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He expected everybody to try out—everybody—and to get us started in our training, we would be running two miles at tempo. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When Wilkins returned from vacation, he expected Franklin to join him as his junior assistant; DNA had, after all, always been his project. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He half expected to see Gandalf come striding up through the dusk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This made, as might be expected, little impression. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Even so, I had expected to recognize him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“No one expected us to be here. We’re here. Black kids. My darker brother.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He expected complete obedience to whatever rules he laid down at home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be the guy everyone admired, even though no one could ever be all they expected him to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He and Frank talked for a few minutes about the storm, the flood, how Frank had expected it but then hadn’t expected it at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There was much less bustle and clamor than I had expected. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to see Her around every corner I turned. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the summer, Luma had sent word around that she expected her players to get their hair cut short, a rule that hadn’t gone over well with some of the Under Fifteens’ best players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Fever kept him curled up on the cold floor, where he expected to die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Harry had not expected Hermione’s anger to abate overnight, and was therefore unsurprised that she communicated mainly by dirty looks and pointed silences the next morning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I expected them to shriek or something like that when I broke through, but they barely looked up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They must give me an incubator if they expected me to care for newborn babies in this godforsaken place. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had first begun their unusual companionship, she had expected that he would soon do as all his kind were believed to do, and take her away with him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of the resistance I’d expected, the plastic dome pops off immediately. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had not expected a palace larger than many a market town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Since we’re already at the sixteen trainees we expected to keep, it means everyone left onstage has passed the first tryout...” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected, but he just looked like anybody—like the sort of chap who would come into the shop and buy a motorbike for his lad’s sixteenth birthday—like your headmaster. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was not on horseback, he had not expected trouble, in the middle of a husking bee, an occasion for frolicking and fun. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work proved harder than expected, but the Soviets were commendably persistent. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the door, as if he expected it to fly open before he could get back to it with the key he did not yet have. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, are you even taking this seriously? Because you know this isn’t a joke. I let you register because I expected you to take this seriously.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I don’t think she expected me to hang out with someone who didn’t go to church. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Despite having gone the wrong way for a while, it hadn't taken them nearly as long as Stanley had expected. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

OP Vernon had a big smile, and his eyes were wide open like he expected something great to happen at any moment. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You are a disappointment, I expected better from you. You need to do more.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He expected to have strong influence over Garfield in return for helping to get him elected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Considering her failing health, many expected this to be the last major event of her career. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They had kidnapped her, right out of the middle of her very own wood, and now she would be expected to sleep —all night—in this dirty, peculiar house. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will recall that she had expected she might be scolded for entering Lord Fredrick’s study and perhaps falsely accused of taking the almanac. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They grew even better than I had expected. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur was expected at five o’clock, so a little before that time we visited the death-chamber. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had not expected anyone to question the sticks and reeds. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was expected to pull her own weight. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The piece of ice was heavier than George had expected. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

But these are not the shrill battle cries I have expected any moment. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We lived daily with the birth and death of every kind of animal, and we were expected to get used to it, or at least the boys were. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Lindsey asked her, though it was obvious that yes, that was exactly what was expected. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The day before, the water had receded, as he had expected it to, but now it had returned, far stronger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Just as Marly expected, they came out of the house when they heard the procession coming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, but it didn't start when we expected it." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one expected a relatively successful and independent man like Walter to follow every rule. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

During the entire visit I kept thinking about how he was much more enthusiastic and excited than I had expected him to be, given his history. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Which is when Scoob told me some things about his grandma—may her soul rest in peace, as the grownups say—that I never would’ve expected. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Most of those teachers expected very little of us and that was just what some of us gave back in return. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re disappointed in me, you expected more restraint from me, you no doubt want me to act the way a fourteen-year-old is supposed to. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A faint fecal odor greeted him, though less overpowering than he’d expected. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The lie came out smoother than I expected. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know anything about your own husband, I can’t be expected to help you.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he did exactly what I expected him to do. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her showdown with John Becker was the kind of gambit that the laboratory expected, encouraged, and valued in its promising male engineers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Ma rushed into the room like she expected to see my leg had come clean off or something. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I expected, Vonetta’s feelings got hurt because she was always sticking herself onstage for everyone to see her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That grove is witch-work," he said, looking at Beowulf as though he expected him to be turned into a pig any minute. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had expected no blessings beyond the mildness of the day. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened fast and he hadn’t expected it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

—You know, Andy never has made the grades that my wife and I expected of him. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s voice came out much kinder than Thomas had expected, giving him hope that she truly was a friend—that all of their rescuers were friends. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The theory was so seductive—so artfully vivid—that even the invention of the microscope was unable to deal the expected fatal blow to the homunculus. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“A cowshed. How unimaginative. I really would have expected Capricorn to at least have a proper dungeon for his prisoners.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He peered in as if he expected to find a mountain lion lying in wait. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He expected me to have the right answer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I had expected to see a carp the size of a river carp, perhaps a little bigger and slightly orange instead of brown. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had expected the blow, but he didn’t expect it to knock him to his knees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Their house was even more elaborate than I expected, a cheerful red and white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I could see it in their faces, and the irony stung more than I expected it to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At breakfast—lumpy oats with no sugar—when I ask how to get to school and what time I’m expected to be there, Mrs. Byrne looks at her husband and then back at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I found the expected f’s for s’s and a few other things that didn’t turn up as often, but I got used to them very quickly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The argument appealed to Riddle and Howard, who probably expected Vanderbilt to offer something in the neighborhood of $75,000. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not seem to have expected to find herself alone with Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had expected to feel something like what he felt when riding a fast elevator, but here he found that if he looked straight ahead he felt almost nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

His shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Rebeca, contrary to what might have been expected, was the more beautiful. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wasn't stupid enough to try to repeat it, like Mr. Monk expected. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The man gasped, as if he had not expected her to say that. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I expected, I’d heard so many frightful stories about him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Lawrence expected, the skills of the mass spectrograph operators improved dramatically with experience, expanding the device’s capabilities; by mid-January, a nine-hour run yielded 18 micrograms of uranium enriched to 25 percent U-235. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the nightmare he had expected it to be. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After she hung up with Zeitoun, Kathy did what she knew she shouldn’t do, because clients no doubt needed and expected to reach her in the morning. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the rainbow coalition work force I’d expected to see given the company’s global profile. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I guess I had expected them to be sweet and sugary and packed with grandmotherly advice. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took this stoically, as if she had expected it all along. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had expected to find food and shelter for her passengers and instead had to hurry them along, hungry, cold, fearful, and she herself fearful, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody gets exactly what they planned, expected, intended. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m expected to tell him stuff like this. He depends on me to find out things.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showed up to Mr. Jordan’s class the next day, as promised, but my return was weirder than I’d expected. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I half expected a Sioux to stop our car from entering, and the thing is, I would have been on his side. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As I made my way to the bridge, I wondered how she expected me to show that letter to Branwell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I expected to see a day-old infant in your arms. Nowhere to turn. Snowflakes in your eyelashes." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Phoebe looked behind her, as if she expected someone to be following us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was a box of matches on the side-board, as I expected. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The others came bursting through the swinging doors—looking guiltily as if they expected to see screaming nude females. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I told him briefly, and added that we expected he would recover consciousness after the operation—for a short time, at all events. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Behavior: Singers on stage are expected to act in a certain way. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The first guests began arriving at Holmes’s World’s Fair Hotel, though not in the volume he and every other South Side hotelier had expected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Not because he loved ducats, but because maybe he had become the person that everyone expected him to become. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He did exactly what I expected him to do. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a single person I expected to see less at a quilting class than Nan. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Since my mother was busy with me, she did not always have the perfect hot meal her boyfriend expected ready the moment he walked in the door. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And, although I had neither the stature nor the temperament for either role, I was expected either to sing "Old Man River" and just keep rolling along, or to do fancy tricks with my muscles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost expected Mom to follow me with more questions or at least to fill me in on this Selena singer, but she didn’t. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We know the sacrifices you are being expected to make. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others did see Julia again, although by then no one, not even her own family back in Davenport, Iowa, could have been expected to recognize her. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Jason had expected about a hundred spirits, but twice that many were milling about, chasing spectral serving girls, smashing plates and cups, and basically making a nuisance of themselves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I half expected him to lick his lips with a forked tongue. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Listen to this: ‘If the terrified wizards and witches who waited breathlessly for news at the edge of the wood expected reassurance from the Ministry of Magic, they were sadly disappointed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It had happened quicker than I had expected. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his rare days off from school—about fourteen days a year— Shin was expected to go see him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dany did not understand the words, yet there was warmth in the tone, a tenderness she had never expected from this man. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This certainly was not the sort of question Reynie had expected. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dorothy wasn’t there either, of course, and I hadn’t expected her to be. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Artemis smiled, as he did now, one almost expected vampire fangs to sprout from his gums. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Father said that she died of a heart attack and it wasn’t expected. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I expected him to arise any moment in the middle of the room and declare: “I tried to warn them! The Jews! They would not listen!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I think we half expected to see traces of red still clinging to her face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Each moment I expected to see the glare of lamps through the blackness; but all was dark. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Right before she turned the corner, she threw her empty coffee drink in the trash with such force that Maya half expected it to bounce right back out, but it stayed put. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Somebody said that Miss Gilbert was expected at her brother’s, and must be invited with the rest. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Then he reached down with his hand out—I expected a handshake, but he pulled me off the couch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I almost expected to see Jermaine standing there in front of Block,” I said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Philbert was getting a reputation as one of the better amateur fighters in this part of the state; everyone really expected that he was going to become a professional. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t what I had expected him to say at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had expected to feel it, but not that kind; to be embarrassed, yes, but not that way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I went to Yan Chang, it was as though she had expected me and knew I would be crying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her brothers left Washington for Williams College two weeks earlier, they expected their father to regain his health in Elberon. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hecate expected her to defeat some super-powerful sorceress—the lady in the gold dress, whom Leo had described from his dream. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had expected to awaken in the cottage in the woods, with everything ready for my journey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It didn't seem like anyone was trying to stop the fight, so I guess there were no bouncers or security guards like I expected. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Many times he would prolong the talks beyond the expected limit and let them drift into comments of a domestic nature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She and Ma Charles were so much alike I expected my great-aunt to turn to me and say, “Young’n, get me a switch.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

That was what Mr. Taphouse would have expected. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was a princess, indeed, but in those days high-born ladies were expected to be useful, and the household linen was in Nausicaä’s charge. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really should have expected Park to walk through one of them. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He half expected Dessie to run out of the house when he drove up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is a strange thing, the way your feet can turn and lead you in a different direction than expected. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But what in the world was a flamingo theater, and how was she expected to fly there? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He always did better when he knew exactly what was expected of him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was expected to hand over my life to a house, a husband, children. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The press conference ran longer than expected—nearly every news outfit had questions for the McCulloughs, and the McCulloughs, dazzled by their good fortune, stayed to answer them all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I asked if she expected that the police officer who had shot Prince would be charged. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The rest, even if they did graduate from high school, were expected to take their place in the workforce immediately. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the equipment wasn't operating as he expected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hesitated a moment, for it was not the question I had expected. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

If it was the shorter-winded Specify, whom he expected to collapse in the homestretch, he could afford to wait. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was not afraid. She was stronger than I expected.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected twenty-four hands to shoot up, but not one hand rose. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mo was staring incredulously at the book in Capricorn’s hand as if he expected it to dissolve into thin air at any moment. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I expected him to say it—with relief, maybe, because Marcus, his father and the menace of his life, is finally gone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d expected her to say something more serious, but I didn’t know what. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I really expected a booby trap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Larsen was his second, he was being paid $700—equivalent to about $5,000 today—and Bobby expected him to be something of a cheering squad, or at least not a public Cassandra. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, Rat said, poor Fossie expected it, or something like it, but that did not help much with the pain. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to find Dr. Martin Luther King’s photograph hanging on the wall, but I was disappointed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what I expected,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The closer he got to the hogan, the more he expected to smell cigarette smoke. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As expected, the bacterial remnants had no effect on the mice: they were dead and unable to cause an infection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I would have expected her to be disgusted with me—or with Kevin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughed, and I joined in, not quite certain if the laugh was against me or not, wondering secretly what it was she had expected, and what had been Maxim’s description. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maids were expected to clean fifteen to sixteen rooms a day by themselves, and though the shifts were supposed to be eight hours long, in reality it took much longer to clean so many rooms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mr. Freeman’s name would be mentioned, or if I would be expected to say something about the situation myself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she left, she told the six remaining members of Group D that she still expected seven holes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

We said forty hours didn't seem like that much; we'd expected it to be longer. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I needed him to hug me close and say that to whom much is given, much is also expected. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Big Ma to shoo Fern off to play. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He half expected to come face-to-face with a grizzly bear, but then he realized how ridiculous that was. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

You are met not with floor-length unadorned planes of mirrored glass, as you half expected, but hundreds of mirrors of varying sizes and shapes, each in a different frame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt calmer and clearer than I expected to as I took aim at the shoulder of the grayish pig. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She would do as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But he couldn't help looking around as if he expected his aunt to be lurking in the crowd, just waiting for her chance to grab Bo. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I saw wasn’t quite what I would have expected. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I might have expected, my shoes came off in the suction of mud and water, and I tramped after my friend in my drooping socks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Carefully, firmly, he connected the cable and the plug in his hands and the immediate forceful blow-up startled him, although he had expected it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The students expected the militant Fuller to join them, but were surprised when he spoke against their idea. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And would I be expected to honor it? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pollard must have expected that they would go to the gate, but Smith led them right past it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They expected it, in this shared space of their Africanness, but Ifemelu said nothing and turned a page of her novel. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Any second, Roy expected to hear honking behind him, curses in the wind; the pickup truck trailing so closely that he would feel the heat off its big V-8 engine. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected no less, and when he saw my face he fell down flat and began to melt on the spot.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was like she had expected them to move back when they saw her and stand around in a circle and look. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nobody notices any difference—not because they don’t care, but because it’s early in the morning, and nobody’s expected to be frilly there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Typical of humans, they never expected an attack from below. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyes, and there was a warmth, an invitation, in Kaisa’s face that she had not expected. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected her to choose him—of course not; he, Moody, was not the kind of guy girls had crushes on. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

OUR places of comfort are expectedly different, my friends and I. Elizabeth’s is hunched over her sewing machine trying to make her life look seamless, store-bought. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She never made herself noticeable, never spoke unless spoken to, performed what was expected and no more, and tried for no promotions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t just that bold, extended high C, which was the kind of macho sound that they expected from a man only. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With little discussion, the council did the expected and granted Greenberg his sixty-day extension. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It always took longer than you expected, walking. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Answers were expected on the following day, Valentine’s Day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

To Liza it was simply death—the thing promised and expected. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He expected from this some little remembrance—a plate of cherry tarts or a good shirt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I think they expected us to pop out from behind a tree, laughing at the prank we’d played on them. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They were expected to look straight at him and go blind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob’s not sure what he expected her to tell him, but it wasn’t that. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw watched the blue-edge of flame creeping and flickering and expected to feel exultant, but there was nothing much, it scarcely interested him any more. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

For example there was the time back on Bougainville when we Marines took a crucial enemy position quicker than anyone expected. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako half expected him to jump into the air and shout in ecstasy. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is not at all what she had expected. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The suffragists complained that the referendum wasn’t binding, and the antis complained that they were expected to vote in order to show that they didn’t want the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Any boy with a name like George Washington must surely have great things expected of him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was healthy and expected to live a good long while. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see waves and fish and icebergs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I had always expected to become devout. All my family died very devout. But somehow it does not come.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The district had given us a small amount of money as compensation for his death, enough to cover one month of grieving at which time my mother would be expected to get a job. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is not as cold as Celia had expected, despite the chilling wind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In return, Guiteau expected to be rewarded with a political job when Garfield won the election. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were black kids, and he expected us to be in his gift shop to steal. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed: composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not who the judge expected me to be. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fully loaded, it was heavier than I expected it to be. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But there, just as he’d expected, was Trip’s car, parked across the street from the house. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I then brought up the question of my freedom and said that if he expected me to go out to pasture upon my release he was greatly mistaken. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll all be fine,” she said, and together they went into the clinic, where the doors slid open as if they were expected. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the drive broaden to the sweep I had expected, and with the blood-red wall still flanking us on either side; we turned the last corner, and so came to Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I never expected justice in court, however much I fought for it, and though I sometimes received it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A group of men who have quarrelled with the law cannot be expected to set up a government patterned after the one they antagonized.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not what he expected when he boarded the bus to the border, but it did not take long for him to realize that success in the United States required more than hard work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ayesha playfully punches him in the arm, but it was probably a bit harder than Soheil expected, and he winces a little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The gull was away several days—longer than the rabbits had expected. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know what I expected to happen next, but it isn't this. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But that was what made things so exciting—nothing was ever how you expected it to be. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I am embarrassed to say I had not expected such diversity. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a little trickier than I expected. But I hope he will be satisfied. You sound confident that your reception will be good?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had found none of the panic or preparation that she had expected. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were awake, for the bird’s eyes were bright and the moth’s feelers waved languidly, but they weren’t animated, as she would have expected them to be. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When the moth made contact, he expected her to manifest in his mind, but she didn’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yet he came away feeling that the Europeans had less to teach him and Beams than he had expected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It was Griphook who had seen it and Griphook who lunged, and in that instant Harry knew that the goblin had never expected them to keep their word. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"This is the last place I would have expected to see you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As expected, the next fight between Christina and Al is quick and painless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Root knew from bitter experience that humans popped up when you least expected them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The first day of class was nerve-racking because I knew I’d be expected to perform. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He expected the bear to stop when it reached the shoreline, but the great white animal waded into the water and swam with powerful strokes out into the bay toward the open ocean. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

"Still," said Mr. Shakespeare, "it's better than I feared. In view of his habit of dropping things, I expected that Widge had let it fall into Hell." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph half expected her to walk back in at any moment. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I would have expected it to go off by now; otherwise it’s not much good.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not that she longed for such an existence, but it was expected. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the first Democratic primary in New Hampshire, the president barely squeaked past Eugene McCarthy, an antiwar senator who had not been expected to pose a serious challenge. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I think he rather expected me to copy down the list for my own use. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Something had changed, but not what he had expected. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I expected to find Fern tummy-down, spread out on the bed and fast asleep after a bout of crying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But what in the world was a flamingo theater, and how was she expected to fly there? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At least, as well as can be expected for equipment being used ten times longer than intended. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when I took time out of my busy schedule and burdensome duties to attend a middle school basketball game, I expected to see orderly students, good sportsmanship, and happy alumni. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Now tell me all about yourself. The last I heard of you, your grandfather wrote that he expected you from Berlin.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Pontellier! How do you happen—oh! how well you look! Is Mademoiselle Reisz not here? I never expected to see you.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Somehow he must manage to hurt him at the outset, before he expected it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second bell rang for the beginning of the next period; by that time students were expected to be settled into their seats. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had made excellent progress during the day, far more than he had expected, and he saw no reason to exhaust themselves by forcing a march during the night. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But then...I come across something on the beach I never expected. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Then he steps forward and says something I’d have never expected. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It had to be recognized, after all, that I was still a schoolboy, with my schoolwork to do, and I was also expected to prepare at least one sermon a week. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She was grateful finding the journal had been easier than she’d expected. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Refrigerators that usually contain soda, energy drinks, and water are empty, as expected. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, never mind,” said Twycross dryly, who did not seem to have expected anything better. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was left over from her dream in which an unseen monster made its way toward her small fishing village in Japan, and she was expected to do battle with it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But Joe was readier with his definition than I had expected, and completely stopped me by arguing circularly, and answering with a fixed look, “Her.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he expected us to carry measuring tape in our pockets or something. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The audience remained curious, but unimpressed; a few were not even especially curious, the few who had expected some such vision to visit that miniature house eventually. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Richard Parker to burst forth from the boat, sailing through the air, teeth and claws reaching for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pronounced every letter in every word, and expected you to talk the same way. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cold air rippled across Jason’s face as the Mist subtly altered his appearance, showing the suitors what they expected to see. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Had I met Bess upon a Mississippi plantation, I would have expected her to act as she had. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Crow, she's taking this game harder than he had expected. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is the last place I would have expected to be seen," Tyrion admitted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The expected value of being a Christian would then be 0 x ∞, and that was gibberish. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“This is so much more amazing than I expected,” he says. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The hubbub of the party did not concern the soldiers patrolling the streets because it was a neighborhood where they expected no opposition. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any second I expected to see Richard Parker rising up and coming for me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite what my father said, I knew that as Safina and I got older, we’d be expected to cook and clean for our brothers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He expected them to pat his head and put on fake cheer to assure him, “Of course! Everything’s going to be fine!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man reached out quicker than Moss expected and wrapped the front of Moss’s shirt inside a fist, and he lifted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The airport manager in his tight-fitting khaki suit came out and shook their hands and said, “The plane is expected any minute now.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was a kind of local celebrity in the way that a longtime educator can be—always recognized by someone at the supermarket—but he never sought or expected any wider acclaim. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was almost expected that they would meet with resistance, and Butler was happy to oblige. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And they were older than I ever expected. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now, maybe in Washington, you’d expected guys like that to be everywhere. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“First, I need a shirt of Gabriel’s. Something he wore often, like a favorite T-shirt or something,” Ms. Kline said in a saner manner than I expected. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some that night worked on a small notice announcing the opening of a new hotel, clearly another hastily built affair meant to capitalize on the expected crush of exposition visitors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The heirs had expected more: a hint, a clue, something. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

With all of his strength, he heaved the bottle and heard it hit the roof of the car with greater sound effects than he had expected it to. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grins down at me like that’s the answer he expected. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I expected to find. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was making it harder for him than he expected. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As if it wasn’t expected that those who made the mess had to clean it up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has “found him better than I had expected.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Hannah Song was frustrated that Shin sometimes avoided responsibility, expected special treatment, and made little effort to learn English, which limited his usefulness as a spokesman in the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In those days, a black man with a B.A. was expected to scrape before a white man with a grade-school education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I expected that I would see her walking through a field and I would call to her and she would say, “Oh Salamanca, my left arm,” and “Oh Salamanca, take me home.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Candidates for higher education would be expected to have tracts of Cicero, Virgil, Isocrates, and Homer by heart. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Turner was right about the ripeness of the outhouse, so he came out for supper, which was as quiet as he had expected. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected something like this the moment they arrived. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Slughorn proved much more persuadable than I had expected. Harry’s doing, of course. Ah, hello, Nymphadora!”Harry looked around and saw that Mrs. Weasley was not alone, despite the lateness of the hour. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had not really expected the spy to come back at all. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because seeing my father as he had been in his final moments, over and over again when I least expected it, was better than accepting the fact that I would never see him again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Back then, we wanted it—expected it—to happen every day of the year. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They expected the journey to take until the end of the day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘It went off better than I expected. I don’t often get asked for a second hearing. What did you think of it?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I am guessing the hair thing worked better than he had expected. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You usually do. I hadn't expected you to be in fancy dress.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My father was silent, not the normal type of quietness that I expected from him, but a dark, smoky, angry silence that I had never seen before. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if no one expected the police would be interested in yet another disappearance or, if they were, that they would be competent enough to conduct an effective investigation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had expected the room to smell of death, but on account of Mrs Mortimer - or else her apron - the room was dominated by the smell of roasting. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just Mama and Papa that I expected to see. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at Despereaux through narrowed eyes as if she expected him to disappear entirely. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And the people of the Gulf expected all places were that way, and it was not strange to them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not expected the dog to be so close behind him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer’s expectation. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie received no gifts, indeed expected none, but she did get a note from Triphena, who thanked her for returning the loan. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

An understanding of expected values is helpful in analyzing most casino games, as well as the lesser- known game of chuck-a-luck which is played at carnivals in the Midwest and England. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything and no one expected otherwise of me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice sounds clear and stern—not what I expected to hear. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Part of me expected the Customs officer to have a turban and a full beard, like all the other Middle Easterners on TV. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Music plays them out, and then there’s a woman reading a list of expected shortages in the Capitol—fresh fruit, solar batteries, soap. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Realizing what was expected of him, Tree-ear reached for and donned the jacket. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As expected, Anthony took charge and strengthened the new organization, bringing in a number of wealthy women to support the mission. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They had been sailing in the Gulf, and had been expected Thursday in Cape Coral. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see vendors selling cinnamon water, boiled sweets, and currant cakes, and a conjure man who could juggle two balls and a stool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s far younger than I expected, closer to my age than Sana’s—which might explain why she bristles at his tone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected the shadow that suddenly fell over Fahim’s face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She held me longer than I expected, wrapped me in the scratchy softness of her black lace dress, the warmth of her powdered skin, the sting of her bittersweet breath, pungent of beer and cigarettes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their chance to look for the camera came sooner than Jess expected. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna had expected Mama to dance and look at her with mocking eyes, but the lined face was dour, the smile as she hugged Odenigbo was strained. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’d shrugged her shoulders and said, Sometimes things just happen, and expected somehow that this would be enough. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She just says, Hey, you, and I’m expected to know she’s talking to me, because who else would she be talking to? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At any moment, I expected Miss Lilian to scream, “Stop, thief! Do you hear me? Stop!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We knew that the Corcorans had asked him to read something and I expected that they had trusted him to choose something appropriate. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was frank, and expected a reciprocal frankness that I might not be able to supply. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most astronomers, according to Curtis Peebles, expected little, particularly as the comet was not a coherent sphere but a string of twenty-one fragments. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ocean’s basketball commitments were even more intense than I’d expected—he was busy pretty much all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was so much warmer than she expected, and harder. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It looked quite ordinary to Harry, but Ron and Neville were both looking at it as though they expected it to explode. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby fully expected to hate the camp—or at least dislike it—but he found that he enjoyed many of the physical activities it offered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And you don’t think it’s a little unfair that you’ve spent your entire life getting ready for this, and we’re expected to learn it all in a few weeks?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the reaction he’d expected to get for being friendly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tycho in particular made an intensive study of the star to see if there was any trace of the parallax shift that could be expected if the Earth really did move around the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I expected Ethan to do the polite thing and say that he would stay home. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She expected them to rush to the long table stacked with identical bows and arrows, but apparently none of the twenty-one other competitors were in much of a hurry to go home. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“The death toll from today’s events is unknown at this time but is expected to reach into the thousands.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected of the Commandant’s son. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just about the time we expected to hear the third horn, we instead heard the clang of metal on concrete, like someone had rang a bell. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even with the precautions I had taken, I expected a sharper, fiercer pain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected her to say, but that wasn’t it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I expected it to be cold, but Jesus Christ! The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Employees and even ex-employees were expected to keep a low public profile. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected Aurelia to show her girlish weakness by pleading like this for any of the participants, and certainly not for mere disposable animals. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old World armies did not fight in the winter; New World armies were expected to do the same. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is barely more than a whisper, and pitched lower than might be expected from a girl her size. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They accepted it as a permanent way of life, had never known it otherwise nor expected it to stop. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moaning, mewling mound spoke, not, as Alyce expected, frantically or madly, but calmly and reasonably, asking for death. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all expected a lecture on school spirit, how we should think about the football team all summer and be ready to cheer them on come fall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cory wasn’t in the backyard waiting for us like we expected. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently no decision had been made and the worst was to be expected. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Six miles outside of town, Dicey came to the expected bend in the road. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected it to be awkward, like our visit at Christmas, or tense, like over spring break when I had to watch every word. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asked me if I’d expected him to hit the cop back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Everybody expected me to pick up where he left off. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, it is possible my bench companion of a while ago expected me to banter with him - in which case, I suppose I was something of a sorry disappointment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had expected to find them impressive, perhaps even frightening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m looking at them now, waiting for them to laugh, I don’t know why, and they’re looking at me like that’s what they expected, too, that I’d come up with something funny. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

One reason why we should not have expected such unity is genetic. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And hadn’t he expected Cara to keep on publishing her newspaper? The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I confess, Miss Bowen, you are not what I had expected.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a lot more traffic than Alex would have expected so early in the morning, and he could still hear sirens in the distance. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The thought made her sad, but not as sad as she might have expected. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He proceeded to tell me a nauseatingly familiar story, one I had expected to hear. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I was his daughter and my vacation fell far short of what I had expected a vacation to be. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t eat ’em,” returned Mr. Pumblechook, sighing and nodding his head several times, as if he might have expected that, and as if abstinence from watercresses were consistent with my downfall. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“None of the rooms are ready. There isn’t any patient expected.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The girls were given no special treatment, and were expected to be every bit the equal of the boys. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What he had actually expected was to see her naked. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As might be expected, Serjeant Clippinger had no interest in the case, and enjoined me to cease my prim bickering. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I think both of us half expected to be stopped right there. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He took the lists home with him, called on parents, in fact, did much more work than was expected of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad looked at my mom and me like he honestly expected someone to give him an answer. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He expected both of them to go tumbling into the creek, which was all right as long as they didn’t scrape any oyster bars. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of the rally, everybody met at our house, mostly because Brent Chisholm was expected to show up and no one could resist the chance to get an early, in-person peek at him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I guess he hadn’t expected to see three kids breaking into a botany lab. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Despite the recent rationing of sugar, tires, gas, tea, and coffee, a big turnout of visitors was expected in the coastal towns that summer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In the event, the sedimentary layer was 50 percent deeper than expected and the basaltic layer was never found at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I expected to sit down with her and conduct long, rambling interviews, listening intently as the painful, fascinating details of her life came tumbling out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They expected answers, but when those answers came, they were not very satisfactory. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never really expected to see such a thing in my life, but that’s what he’s doing: He’s sitting there and crying and pretending he’s not, as he keeps holding up the newspaper. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The building of the windmill, with various other improvements, was expected to take two years. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Returning from the funeral, my brother, sisters, and I half expected to find some vaguely familiar Sharon Two standing at the kitchen counter and working the puzzle in TV Guide. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Grandpop was the one who would always ask if Genie was taking care of his father, which made it seem to Genie that his grandparents expected him to take care of everybody. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I expected that somebody at the cottage had flipped out and ruined the day for everyone. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The Office of Indian Affairs received a note from someone who knew Mollie, saying that she was “in failing health and is not expected to live very long.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected to happen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As expected, there they were—our little crew, sprawled along the white stone steps of Ozzie’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

If the writ was denied—as they expected it would be—then Anthony could appeal her case directly to the Supreme Court. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

At first the Underthing was exactly what I had expected Tunnels and pipes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fewer people came to my father’s funeral than we expected. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘It don’t seem to matter what I think about them. They are quite different from what I expected — so old and young, and so gay and sad, as it were.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not that I expected she would like me back, not romantically anyway, but that was fine. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

What he had expected to find at the university had been vague and beautiful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She expected Minerva to make an impassioned pitch for using the family farm for a munitions storage. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one expected it to be a problem because they had been separated for a long time. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I thumped him back, only it wasn’t what he expected. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Kathy and the kids were expected at her brother’s house for dinner, but at seven o’clock she’d traveled less than twenty miles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He expected to encounter an obstacle at any moment; his worst fear was Peeves, and he strained his ears with every step to hear the first, telltale signs of the poltergeist’s approach. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We did not meet as soon as I expected,” Coll said with a wink, “for I hear you were busy with other things.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected the shoppers in the store to shower us with outrage. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And there was Miss Adebayo, who drank brandy like Master and was nothing like Ugwu had expected a university woman to be. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I guess I shouldn't have expected her to trip, especially since she was the first person to even give this whole dance thing a chance. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“That was to be expected. Tell General Hood that General Meade might have saved himself the trouble. We’ll have that hill before night.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected they would change their minds, yet Phil was right on time to pick me up. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The towers were part of a windmill farm, which spanned more than eight thousand acres and was expected to eventually supply electricity to some forty-five thousand homes in Oklahoma. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’d expected the courtroom to be quiet and serious, like a church, but the crowd buzzed like they were waiting for a carnival to start. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She reared back in surprise—she didn’t know she was expected to speak! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had expected walls and turns and dead ends, but this is different. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was all for the benefit of the countiy, and everyone was expected to pitch in and help. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In a heterosexual relationship, it’s pretty clear who’s expected to be the gentleman....It’s the gentleman. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Someone everyone expected to do the right thing and no one would ever suspect of doing something wrong. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I completely expected that I was going to end up wherever my mother and Luke were. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He even threw the egg across the room — though he hadn’t really expected that to help. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He liked it so much more than he had expected to. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, I began to suspect, none had actually been expected. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doing the right thing was harder than I’d expected it to be. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had expected that by now the search party would have grown tired and gone home but I was surprised to find the enterprise busier than ever. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And why hadn't he expected her to be so grown up? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Anya expected everyone to go to the table then, like her family always did, and say their quick prayer over the wine and bread. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Curly was fuming, as if he’d expected honesty from the young burglar. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though he expected her to scream when he touched her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though it wouldn’t have changed Henrietta’s treatment, this new diagnosis could help explain why the cancer spread throughout her body so much faster than her doctors expected. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The prophecy had named “one lost up ahead,” but Gregor had not expected to find his dad as lost as this. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see the few remaining insects circling him and semaphoring their romantic intentions. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As she expected, the second gold key unlocked another clasp. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then he put his hands out stealthily, and slowly lifted the lump up: it did not seem quite so heavy as he had expected. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“We expected you back before this,” she said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were many more creatures on the farm now, though the increase was not so great as had been expected in earlier years. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He expected him to insist on going first, which was fine with Frankie. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A boy named Frankie won a few of the earlier challenges, so everyone expected him to win the whole competition. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The world expected girls to pluck and primp and put on heels. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Nonverbal spells were now expected, not only in Defense Against the Dark Arts, but in Charms and Transfiguration too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were the ones expected to do the paving. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I expected Raizel to make a quip about capitalism, but instead, she said, “Alter, are you familiar with Jack the Ripper?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I expected more from the daughter of two PhDs.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I know now that I had never expected to find Bing, just as I know now I will never find a way to save my marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was steadier than she expected it would be. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not actually expected to do anything cool on a Monday. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I never expected to see such a moment,” he said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If the prefect does not obey the rules, how can the students be expected to obey? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ask forgiveness, repeatedly, was what congregations were mosdy expected to do, all the while listening to choirs and priests singing at great length about the same sentiment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There’s no telling what the apprentices will be expected to do. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Ophie expected someone to yell at him, but mostly no one seemed to notice. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then his legs flicked and he was behind the nearest tree, and the man in black had not expected it and was slow reacting. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing I had expected, but the coat wrapped tightly around her on such a hot night should have warned me that something was wrong. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I did not ask what she meant by “all being over,” but I suppose she referred to the expected decease of her mother and the gloomy sequel of funeral rites. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lucien looked my father in the eye as if he expected to be struck, but he didn’t flinch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that the coaches expected black athletes to be better because of a belief that their bodies matured earlier than did those of whites. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected a nasal monotone, riddled with mispronunciations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When she knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz’s door one afternoon there was no response; so unlocking the door, as usual, she entered and found the apartment deserted, as she had expected. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected everyone to stop and look at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of them had expected a fight and were still itching for one. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was lifted into the air, and it took all his determination to remain limp, yet the pain he expected did not come. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He expected Butler’s hand at his elbow to steady him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"I brought it because I expected to run into a spot of trouble." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The months of exercise and dance practice had made Angel a lot stronger than Jordan expected, but he still managed to have her under his power with little difficulty. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Eroica deliberately sought to disrupt what an audience expected to hear in a symphony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of jumping behind me like I expected, Fern threw her head back and laughed, all teeth and her pink tongue showing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

After I complained about everything that the white people had taken away from us, they just looked at me as though it was something they expected and were content with it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I realized she expected me to get back up there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the end, it is exactly what I expected. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I expected her to boast, but her expression was grim. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a terrifying moment, I expected a second figure to emerge from the darkness—Yakov striding forward, cloaked in the same flames that had scarred him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We shall never surrender,” a grimly defiant Churchill promised, but many expected the British to fold. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It is not what I expected to hear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From the moment we walked inside the door, we were expected to be respectful athletes, and we could expect the same respect from the coaches. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I expected him to have more control over what he was doing,” Hemme said, shooting a venomous look at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After her dramatic arrival, Cleopatra did not appear in the marketplace as expected. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Yet the freedom to eat yams on the street was far less than I had expected upon coming to the city. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kamen could not fathom how Lawrence expected to be immune from courtroom questioning; he supposed, undoubtedly correctly, that Ernest was “not prepared to undergo the trauma of an adversary confrontation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The impacts began on July 16, 1994, went on for a week and were bigger by far than anyone–with the possible exception of Gene Shoemaker–expected. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He expected the white blur to step before him at any moment and hold out its hand and touch the trunk and demand to know what was in it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, one would have expected there to be a range of alternative theories proposed to account for the new evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Though he had expected to get used to things. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Shawn talked about the horses, about their training, and about the colts he expected in the spring, and I remembered that he was always at his best when he was with his horses. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They cried for their mothers much less often than might have been expected; they were very brown, and filthily dirty. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I did this because somehow I think it would have been expected of me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I’d misjudged her because of her small size, but even so, she couldn’t be much older than her early twenties, hardly what I had expected to find. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was what she least expected to hear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He expected Leroy’s pickup truck, but as the vehicle rounded the last curve before the mine, he could see it was a car. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s another way in which our devices, perhaps less expectedly, cater to our deepest neurological wiring. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We felt embraced and even sort of expected. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bacteria grew exponentially at first, as expected, but then paused for a while before resuming growth again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I expected the noise, I was even tensed for it, but still my heart took a hop. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not what I had dreamt about or expected. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Why should my team be expected to raise twenty thousand dollars? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“On your first day you are excused from activities, but after that you are expected to attend on a daily basis.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

People took one look at my face and they expected my name to be strange, but one look at this dudes very Ken-Barbie face and I had not expected his name to be Ocean. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I'm not sure what I expected of Buddy's sanatorium. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Naturally, the situation was worse than Jason expected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nathan as a boy played football on his high school team in Killdeer, Mississippi, with great success evidently, and expected his winning season to continue ever after. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course the whole conversation was carried on in German, because not only do they speak it at home with their mother, but as their cousin I’m expected to understand it too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He had half expected to see turf right up to the walls, turf all pocked with hoof-prints. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Felix hadn’t expected this—or, more accurately, didn’t want to think it possible. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was the last thing anybody expected to rise up out of Texas in the midst of the Iraq War: a strawberry-blond, whip-smart Democrat with high heels, an unapologetic drawl, and a little biracial family. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had an earnest, honest expression, like he really expected me to debate him on this, when all I really wanted to do was tell him to scram. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After all, she thought, Andeg was wild and she had always known it, always expected this moment to come. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’d expected her to be sullen and suspicious, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He asked it as sincerely as Jamie Lowry could, like it would be okay if I wanted to go, since I was just a girl and should be expected to be scared. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of improving by one full point between fifth and sixth grade, as would be expected, they improved by 1.7 points, nearly two grades’ worth. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

At the end, I really expected to see a dog in front of me! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So we drove to the community center, where I expected the list to be posted on the glass-encased message board in the foyer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Not enjoying Branwell’s advantage of being struck dumb, the kids expected me to speak. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moms expected me home but I didn’t really want to go home right away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t expected to tell him anything, but then she hadn’t expected him to know so much. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I almost expected a rebuff for this hardly well-timed question, but, on the contrary, waking out of his scowling abstraction, he turned his eyes towards me, and the shade seemed to clear off his brow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected, but there really was a city inside a mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a caterpillar and its pupa would surprise Maria by hatching into a swarm of flies or wasps instead of the moth or butterfly she expected. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Surely we won’t be expected to pledge that much. Why, we haven’t even got enough money for gasoline for the tractors as it is!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what he’d expected, but the force of the river was terrifying, flowing fast and hard as an avalanche. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On the way to the pond, Pixie was less enamored with the mermaid tree than I expected. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had expected that the monkey’s interior would be a lake of blood, but no, this monkey looked all right, it had not bled into itself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They expected certain things of her, and forgave certain things from her, because she was foreign. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The serendipity of finding a book he hadn’t known about was delicious, as was the pleasure of discovering the expected—a book he knew he wanted if only he could find it in Buschke’s labyrinth. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I know she has expected something from me, some connection to her old life, or to herself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She slings her bag over her shoulder, and it hurts just as much as I expected it to. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating so intensely that I expected it to pop out of my chest. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re expected to be in your seat, ready to start the day, at 7:30.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As might be expected, the answer the various participants gave to such an overarching question depended a great deal on the ground on which they were standing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

With the score 35-0 by the fourth quarter, the Midland High Bulldogs, sufficiently humbled, might have expected a little letup from Permian, but there was none. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are too intelligent for this behavior. I expected more of you.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She expected them to be on time to practice, to work hard, to focus, and to improve. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t expected this, as all the people I knew in Sylvan had their dead loved ones go straight from the funeral home to the graveyard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed somewhat angrily that Dorian was walking toward him a little unsteadily; this was not what he had expected. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam's nervous, high-pitched voice was the last he would have expected to hear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"We expected your father would marry a Muslim girl we chose for him," Patti tells me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I expected that Mother would be back by noon but she wasn’t, and by mid-afternoon I began to worry. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and “his friend” were expected for tea on Monday, November 22. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of laughing, as Reynie had expected, Sticky slipped back into his nervous behavior. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t what you expected to do on your first day, but I could really use your help here,” she said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I’d expected to hear from them, but this was not it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The board meeting had been moved there from the usual conference room because of the expected crowd. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Women were expected to remain quiet in public. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nothing was what he had expected; Whitetree was the fourth village they had passed, and it had been the same in all of them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When they came in to remove our crucifixes, we sort of expected it because of what’s been going on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The other day he told me what a river looked like and said he’d seen it in a dream. It’s Fiver’s blood, you know. It’s only to be expected with Fiver’s blood.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was like a child whose parents have gone off and left her without making plain where they have gone or when they could be expected to return. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurled himself so hard at the faint form of the angel, and he expected so much more resistance than he met, that he couldn’t keep his balance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I expected Amaka to sneer, but she gave me a pair of yellow shorts as if it were normal that I did not have any. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like so many workers in so many different crafts and industries throughout the country, the nation’s steel workers had expected that their wages and working conditions would improve once the Great War was over. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Every man who wore the black walked the Wall, and every man was expected to take up steel in its defense, but die rangers were the true fighting heart of the Night's Watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He drove away slowly, not tearing down the road like I expected. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, her major concern was to live the life given to her, and her children were expected to do the same. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Kilvin might have padded the price a little, which rankled my pride a bit, but I was in no position to look a gift horse in the mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I expected to see a grand building like the government offices in Umtata, but the Crown Mine offices were rusted tin shanties on the face of the mine. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Male citizens of age, who were entitled and expected to vote in the general assembly, made up no more than a quarter of the total adult population. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’m pleased to have found a friend at these balls, where I expected to find only tedium. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I should have expected the unexpected with this one, but it’s closer than I imagined. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would’ve expected Mamma to wrench the phone from Papa and deliver unneeded advice. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As expected, more pods are registering the closer we move toward the center of the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She expected me to vindicate her life for her, and the choices she’d made. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is not how I expected my afternoon to go. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The train pulls in, more crowded than I expected. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Pong was cared for, and he was expected to care for others. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They were not at all what the two scientists had expected to find. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow I should have expected that a room furnished as this was in such exquisite taste, for all the exaggeration of the flowers, would be a place of decoration only, languorous and intimate. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see the shark’s white belly stretched out at the bottom of the harbor, as though its weight had split the bands and the shark had just sunk to the seafloor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I never expected something that big to happen to me more than once. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You seem . . . well informed about the Cullens. More informed than I expected.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And if his seed quickened, she expected he would see to the child's needs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She certainly hadn’t expected to feel it for Taisin, who was usually so distant and self-contained that any possibility of a deeper connection had seemed impossible from the beginning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would never sparkle, sunburnt and blessed, the way members of the royal family were expected to do. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Then she patiently collected the same kind of caterpillar again and again until it produced the “summer bird” she expected. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As expected, the gossip fence had instantly informed their parents about our assault on the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected them to fry the iceberg lettuce. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Frankie had blown him off again and expected him to take it and be grateful. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Fornatee tried to blend into the group as if he expected to get a position. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She was aware that her mother was already on the lookout for a suitable match, though Aurelia would not be expected to marry until she was thirteen, or even fourteen if she was lucky. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The party were expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon, in time for dinner at six. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mama protested, said he ought to get those tires fixed if we expected to take this car all the way into Los Angeles. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had expected to find nothing but trees and air waiting for me as I picked up my run, but there she was, a short distance away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The crowd cheered earlier than I expected, throwing off my concentration. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jesper had expected some thunderous noise, but except for a few creaks and clanks, the machinery was silent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Carroll was in the process of getting us out of there safely despite the fact that we had run into more of the enemy than we had expected to, when he was wounded. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, the principal led us in prayer—a prayer which all tribal schoolchildren were expected to know by heart, regardless of the religious beliefs of their parents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t think for a moment you expected me to. Nevertheless, you came here, you asked, you must have had a purpose.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She looked as if she expected an answer from him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If the number of field agents expected to see that the law was carried out was pitifully small, the resources devoted to patrolling the nation’s 4,993 miles of coastline were pathetic. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I expected his skin to feel clammy and slick, but it was dry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You two have accomplished both tasks as quickly as I expected you would.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was not at all what I expected her to say. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This is not what I expected,” she muttered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Amidst the recriminations and finger-pointing from the doctors, scientists, and prison officials, one might have expected the demise of electrocution technology. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You probably expected a thousand words on gravity or the four laws of thermodynamics, not a journal recounting the last 144 days of my life—possibly of all life—interspersed with crazy doomsday scenarios. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

No, they expected us not to endure at all. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I expected to see him angry or upset, but his expression was wistful. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

How can Ben and Cillian have expected me to be prepared for this? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I expected the nurses to put her in a clean room in the main hospital ward, where doctors could treat her and make her well. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had not expected so many people would be there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But no one expected the Tanforan stewards to do what they did. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are not proud of me the way I expected— not at all. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t at the inlet where I expected to find him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Ocean was a nice, handsome, heterosexual white guy, and the world expected great things from him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was aware that, being silent habitually, I was expected to be silent now. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was just two thirty, forty-five minutes before anybody but me expected her to be out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know what I had expected to see. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It was a nice break from the turmoil of his home, which lately had been filled with more relatives than any human being should be expected to endure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

You expected everything to be wonderful at Christmastime, and the town was wonderful, with colored lights and decorated trees in every direction. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t what she had expected him to ask. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We signaled yesterday that we would reach Wethersfield at dawn. I expected that your aunt and uncle would be here to meet you no matter how early it might be.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The desalination machines were smaller than I had expected. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to save you this. I thought you’d understand...” began Jo, finding it a great deal harder than she expected. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to one report from 1689, each pair of workers was expected to cut and bind 4,200 stalks a day. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

A minuscule part of Tally still expected her interface ring to warn her that she was leaving Uglyville. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He set his hands on her shoulders, and she expected him to shove her forward into waiting manacles. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She looked at me like she expected an invitation. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Wickham’s affection for Lydia was just what Elizabeth had expected to find it; not equal to Lydia’s for him. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Knowing his lab partner, Philip Koontz, was going on a picnic that day, Hall expected to be alone. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had expected that we would make a better showing...I try not to think of the damage to myself personally,” Roosevelt confided to his friend Arthur Hamilton Lee. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of hovering awkwardly like Alex expected, Henry is squatting at her side, smiling and holding her hand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted very much to sit quietly here, soundless, not moving until this thing occurred, this thing expected all day, this thing that could not occur but might. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I expected they would, of course—I still had everything under control. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In France, there was no Parliament or Congress; no one expected to be able to protect his rights by voting. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The study was longer than she’d expected, a rectangular room bathed in the flickering golden light of several fat waxy candles. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Brandon was good—way better than she expected him to be, even after learning he used to play on a team with Milo. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It did not take him long to tell the men what he expected of them, and what would happen if they did not obey on the double. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have expected a dragonfly, but supposed a tarantula was possible. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Finding out the difference between what one expected one’s life would be like and how things really are.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The Specials might have expected her to turn off on another river, but the sudden appearance of an old railroad track had surprised them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was proud because I was able to excel and always expected to succeed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the A group, just as you expected. Number nine. I’m keeping notes on it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“As well as can be expected. I’m trying to solve a tough problem right now.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that she and Pearl had gone to Davenport earlier than expected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The place is cozier than I expected: the lobby is full of comfy-looking couches, some of which have elderly people sitting on them knitting or reading. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I almost expected it to fill with words like one of those balloons on the comic pages. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy, now, that’s the kind of thing I half expected Digger’s dad to do someday. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I expected to see— maybe a flag at half mast in respect for the dead. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Quite what Halley expected to get from him when he made his unannounced visit in August 1684 we can only guess. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We’re expected to do great things here and then move back up to the big leagues. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the situation was hardly what we orphans had secretly hoped for, it was more or less what I had expected—with one exception. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could not understand where Voldemort had gone and expected him to swoop out of the darkness at any moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We brought other volunteers to help us plan the movement of the principals on the street, the expected crowd, all the starts and stops where the press would have obvious positions for video. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We simply did the exact opposite of what was expected, knowing we would be punished by Mami when she returned but willing to take the chance to have her back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

By the time she lost the trail it was midmorning, and she had gone farther than she expected. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the dress doesn’t fit because you expected me to lose weight?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They had not expected her to come into this place of evil. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the pretties were expected to make the supreme sacrifice in order to “belong,” what could the unattractive female do? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As expected, the phone rings again, but I lift it and put it straight back down. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All he was expected to do in the hospital was die or get better, and since he was perfectly all right to begin with, getting better was easy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony needed to agree to certain conditions and meet certain demands if he expected to have her full cooperation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Besides, Katherine always expected the best, even in the most difficult of situations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Coraline wondered if the other mother wasn’t interested in trees, or if she just hadn’t bothered with this bit properly because nobody was expected to come out this far. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

By comparing this to the longest-lasting written notes of the period, researchers have painstakingly teased out what composers might have expected from slower directions such as largo and adagio. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Although no final exam was given, you were expected to produce one long paper on what was learned. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t realize that he no longer expected to find Smaug until he actually found him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had never heard that tone in her voice before, or ever expected it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One greeting a day was all that could be expected from Mr. McElroy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had expected something different, a little more penetrating, from the great abbot Hubert. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that he’d always acted nervous and fidgety when we left Yancy, as if he expected something bad to happen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had expected it to be someone she knew. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I guess they all expected to see her folded into a casket like some kind of cautionary tale. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It spread a bit farther through the Mess than I’d expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Twentieth Maine would stay in position until Fisher’s brigade came up, but in a few moments he heard them coming—extraordinary, he had not expected anything quick to happen in this army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was dreaming, and so I expected to wake up before they reached me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had not expected to find her so. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I am expected, she thought with grim pleasure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It's a coveted apprenticeship, one awarded to those who excel in school and are expected to move into important government positions. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t seen one sailing nearby, either, so I expected we’d have the place to ourselves. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Of course it should be expected that Dove would use his bench—for a little while—-just until he was back at it himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When something finally did happen, it was not what Palmer had expected. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jamie did object, however; he pulled his sister aside and asked her how she expected him to change into his pajamas. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that time most people expected the galaxies to be moving around quite randomly, and so expected to find as many blue-shifted spectra as red-shifted ones. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I expected him to sit home all weekend, pining for me, but would it have killed him to act a little disappointed? We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

This had long been expected, and all preparations had been made. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I never expected to be the sort of person who hired someone to come into my house and prepare meals for my family. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He expected to be terrified or, exhilarated—to feel something very strong. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As expected, some lines of the letter were crossed out with thick black ink. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, she is expected. The sister was most annoyed at me because they had planned to go off on their vacation today, although why she should be annoyed at me...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand wasn’t the delicate, fragile thing I had expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look around his room and realize that it’s not at all what I expected. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’d love to be big and important and parade around with the red Confirmation catechism but I don’t think I’ll live that long the way I’m expected to die for this or that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Only the disappointment that her answer was exactly what he expected. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But in this case, there were two big officers assisting the search officer; they probably had expected some trouble. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the 7-7 wrestler, based on past outcomes, was expected to win just less than half the time. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Jason nodded encouragingly, like this was great news—like he expected Leo to walk up to a towering mass of darkness, shoot a few fireballs, and solve all their problems. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d expected someone who looked sick, but instead she is face-to-face with “a sturdy broad-shouldered man, with a healthy colour, a smile on his face and a very resolute appearance.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Luma expected her players to work hard and take practice seriously, and above all, to obey her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Reverend Buckminster looked down at Turner again, and Turner wondered if he was expected to speak. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The revelation didn’t come the way she’d expected it to—total and devastating. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tears were streaming down my face now—this was not going as I had expected. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They had saved my life and hadn’t expected a single thing in return. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In my new incarnation, I expected nothing, good or bad. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He establishes that “pride” was at the root of his downfall, hints at the pathos of what he’s lost, and appears unexpectedly generous to the God he might reasonably be expected to curse. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I expected to have competition, but knowing who it was made it more real. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She expected everyone to be waiting and ready. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was half concealed among trees in leaf, and was not what she expected. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ivy wasn’t sure who she expected, but it certainly wasn’t Georgia Fitzgerald. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Watching me, like he expected me to ask for a taste. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I think she hadn’t expected the conversation about Daisy to be over so quickly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The rocks are cold under my hands, slicker than I expected. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At birth I was not expected to survive past my first birthday. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even her criticisms—which were as common as her praise—were not what Mia had expected. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"As well as can be expected," Helena said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would have been expected of her twenty years ago? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly we were never expected to use them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew such measures would come, but I had not expected to receive my bans in the remote town of Villiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it contempt I read, or indifference, is this merely what he expected of me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Privet Drive looked exactly as a respectable suburban street would be expected to look in the early hours of Saturday morning. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Admissions went about as well as could be expected, considering I couldn’t study. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No, because Cecile didn’t have a hug and a kiss that Fern expected. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Has­san to cry with horror when the nurse handed him the mirror. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth frowned Last summer, before my quest, I’d visited the.strange spirit that lived in the Big House attic and it had given me a prophecy that came true in ways I’d never expected. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is expected that outstanding students will be offered positions in this laboratory.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I expected the Director to seek me out after the Incident, but when a few days had passed, I assumed he was no longer interested in me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was a thick envelope, so I had expected several pages mostly from Grandmother scolding us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she loosed the arrow from her bow, a sharper one than I expected. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He expected his sons to enter the business when they were of age. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Getting rid of excess heat isn't something we expected to deal with. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d just sort of expected the kid to figure it all out on her own, as they read together each day, but now she saw it was going to take more work than that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She walked straight for him, her mouth set in a hard line, and stopped just to the side of the door, as if she expected Toby to pull away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the screams were loud and frightened, more than I would have expected from a simple fall. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I expected it to thrash its claws and curl and uncurl its tail. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The storm, being tracked over the Gulf with winds above 150 miles per hour, was expected to hit September 21. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Whenever we were out at play we were expected to act as sentries. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, in these last days, he’d become friends with people who cared about him, quite above and beyond what was expected of him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if we was different, you know, been born with money...It’s just...making good art and music ain’t really expected of us. That type of work is unexpected.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She expected me to move in with her without even talking to me about it first! Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I’d caught him off guard; I was stronger than he’d expected, or maybe just more reckless, and he lost his hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Rather it was at that moment I realized that I was fooling myself if I expected a few weeks of labor to gain me admission to the world of the laborer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You made this mess?” she said, like she couldn’t quite believe it, like what she’d expected me to say was that a roving band of house wreckers had come through during the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sense his unease—I wasn’t acting the way he had expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if she expected me to respond to this. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t bother to tell me until I was fourteen that I was expected to pay him back for all of it.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She would say this a little regretfully, as though I hadn’t turned out entirely as she’d expected. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

These chaotic, tormented scenes were a thousand times more disconcerting than the scandalous mummies she had expected to find. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything has gone according to plan, Mr. Newton. Although we expected a few more of you to give up along the way.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As Nathan had expected, the rocks rushed together and destroyed the container. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how he had expected this night to go, but I doubted it was this. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He could tell that Malfoy had expected to be treated like Harry or Zabini; perhaps even hoped for some preferential treatment of the type he had learned to expect from Snape. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tendai blinked to clear the cobwebs from his mind and saw a creature he never expected to encounter again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was dreadfully unlike anything a grown-up would be expected to do. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You are expected on board,” said the sergeant to my convict; “they know you are coming. Don’t straggle, my man. Close up here.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Its designers had miscalculated the physics of the fusion reaction and drastically underestimated its yield, with the result that an expected five-megaton device exploded with triple that energy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s forgotten a lot. Most of his complex responses seem to have been wiped out. He’s solving problems on a much more primitive level than I would have expected.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But if Winner Lane could hardly be expected to fail, could Loser Lane possibly succeed? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Each time she turned a corner, she expected a posse on horses, with torches and muskets and mean smiles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was a ritual as serious as the morning prayers of a missionary, and one which I took pains to finish well before Caroline could be expected to wake up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wrote my first autobiographical essay, it was no coincidence that, from the first page, I expected to publish what I wrote. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby half expected Luke to jump toward them, but he stood there, a strange “I told you so” expression on his face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It would have been the expected gesture for even the most inconsiderate or hostile stranger, and this man appeared to be both friendly and courteous. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, she had another think coming if she expected Grandpa to say “Don’t spend yore money, let me give you the bathroom for your birthday.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Older people were expected to be smarter; they are closer to the gods. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had half expected he would simply know what to do when the time came. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This is different. It’s not a job, really. I never thought, never expected—” She paused. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, Shin wasn’t expected to do any physical labor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t... he didn’t really take off the way like we expected. After that movie, he was mostly ... I guess . . . small roles.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could relax in the hospital, since no one there expected him to do anything. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I palm and squeeze it and it feels even better than I’d expected. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if you didn’t run through the halls and shout at everyone. I can’t tell if you do all this because it’s expected or because it’s just the way you are.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Men have repressed us too much. We're expected to pass up too many human things. But do you know another secret?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all locked, as I had expected, and the locks were comparatively new; but I went down the stone stairs to the hall where I had entered originally. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We never thought it would be easy, but it turned out to be even harder than we had expected. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“To the world above,” Alec replies, the last thing Mark expected to hear. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She’d expected some backlash; it happened every time she shared her strength. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He expected it to be a manual about farming, but it was something quite different and exciting. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was untrue, but it was what her father expected to hear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I asked, sensing it was expected of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One would have expected her to look surprised, as you or I would have done had we discovered a small girl sitting on our window-sill first thing in the morning. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She expected the dragon wouldn’t return during the day, and this knowledge turned off whatever inside her had been keeping her awake. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The expected payout on a slot machine is determined in like manner. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The CBS censors expected to see the script by Friday afternoon. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“The same friends who expected Joey Pow to throw the fight.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to get one thing or the other. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Melissa’s frame was thin, and she was too young to be expected to have curves. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had not expected her to use his computer, because she hardly ever did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The doctor I could talk to was different than I expected. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I expected better,” Cain said as Celaena crawled into a kneeling position, still clutching at her useless piece of wood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, and I expected Diego to have disappeared by the time I opened them again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He is the king’s squire, he told himself, it is only to be expected that he would take the king’s god. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He jumped to test his invention—he expected to fly—but instead he fell straight down, hitting the ground like a meteor and leaving a 5.9-inch-deep crater from the impact. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Adam graduated from high school last spring and moved out of his parents’ place and into the House of Rock, I hadn’t expected much to change. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had only wanted to do what she thought was expected. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa, of course, expected her to bring home good grades in every subject. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Park had expected Steve to start in on him as soon as he let the girl sit down, but Steve went right back to talking about kung fu again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Like me, Cletus must have expected Ob would explain about the Bat Lady, about our real reason for going to Putnam County. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I almost expected him to say ‘Another fine mess’ again but he didn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that when Catholic children received Confirmation, they were expected to take some saint’s name for a middle name. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was alarmed, it was not like Hooper, he had expected a roar of fury, and then the tale-telling, and the punishments. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This was exactly what no one would have expected, and of course villains were not announced with hisses or soliloquies, they did not come cloaked in black, with ugly expressions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was tall and mysterious-looking, more like a character in my Arabian Nights book than a man you expected to talk to. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king was clad in a gilded breastplate with a roaring lion engraved upon its chest, as if he expected the war to engulf them at any moment. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I enjoyed that more than I had expected to.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The wedding was a circus, as I expected. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected to find Cora but had been utterly delighted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Outrage in Rome Mark Antony expected the Romans to see that his actions strengthened his master plan for successfully ruling the east on Rome’s behalf. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Those are better odds than I expected,” June observes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is heavier than he had expected, a complicated mechanism of gears partially encased in worn and tarnished silver, with symbols he cannot distinguish etched into the surface. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In any case, though I could pass for a Gethenian when no one expected anything else, I was not disguisable to an eye looking for me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

High-Tech paused and belched, as if he expected delight from his listeners. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He expected Beatrice to ignore the question, as she had twice before. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The control monkeys had not been infected with Ebola, and so, as expected, they had not become sick. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what he wants, he knows what’s expected of him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He did not hit her as she expected him to. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded much more like her old self than she had done of late; Harry half expected her to announce that she was off to the library. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He greeted people with the exuberance they expected from a foreigner and he flirted with the ladies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ever since last winter, Piper had expected Khione to show her frosty face sooner or later. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For her it began as an adventure and turned out to have more twists and turns than she expected or knew how to handle. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s not the fanciest, but it’s better than I expected. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

So, of course, when the news of the king's visit was heard, all expected the girl to hide the fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ma’s mouth was hanging open and she was staring at us, like she expected somebody to pull a rabbit out of a hat. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

That was the last thing she’d expected after showing him her pendant and telling him she hadn’t kept the Smoke a secret. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘Then it belongs to you, and not to me at all!’ cried Frodo in amazement, springing to his feet, as if he expected the Ring to be demanded at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were sailing sooner than they had expected. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She expected Dvorah to look surprised or exclaim her disbelief, but she didn’t. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was much colder than he had expected. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been to a psychic's house before, but I guess I expected something different, like a big glowing sign that said palm reading or fortunes here. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Eight to twelve inches of precipitation was expected. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was Grandmother, and no one expected her to behave any differently. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s puppet had come much farther than he had ever expected...too far.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The loss of a good position wasn’t a death sentence, but it could be expected to cause hardship to a black woman in Ann's position. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, but you know how sometimes when you get what you think you always wanted, it turns out to be nothing like you expected? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The limits of your ambition were, thus, expected to be set forever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“My cousin,” replied I, “it is decided as you may have expected; all judges had rather that ten innocent should suffer than that one guilty should escape. But she has confessed.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had maintained a good pace and the cross-examinations had been shorter than I had expected. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rocky Gustano held one eyebrow higher than the other, as if he hadn’t expected the picture to be taken just then—Chess always looked surprised in pictures, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Except I wasn’t expected to survive—and I did. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He expected that Hooper would have caught a fish, and it would be cooking on the fire. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’d been shocked, after his first fight, to discover that he was expected to pay for even the seltzer he used between rounds. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

How hard it had been to write of Papá’s death, far harder than to tell Aunt Consuelo that she and Salvador expected to find work in Indio. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Tonight she settled for the warm rotting of a dung heap, where she dreamed of nothing, for she hoped for nothing and expected nothing. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she had been digging out some old rags of Conchetta’s, but I hadn’t expected this. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Very intelligent people can be expected to have intelligent offspring, but in general the offspring will not be as intelligent as the parents. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, no matter what the stranger says, you have no real idea of where you are going, or what you will be expected to do. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Use likely if you mean “probable” or “expected.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw no sign of dragons, but he had not expected to. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At least twenty-five more are expected to go in the next few years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth was still expected to search for two kinds of typefaces in the First Folio. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You knew, from then on, that the world was a smaller place than you’d expected. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they reached Lafayette Park, in front of the White House, the crowd was bigger than expected, about twenty-five thousand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was never the one paying for the room, but still, I resent being made to feel guilty for requesting a service an expensive hotel is generally expected to perform. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now he hesitated a moment, his head thrust forward as though listening, then his hand covered the owl from view, producing instead of the knock which I expected, an icy peal of clear chimes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though as a matter of principle he maintained skepticism for a few moments, the similarly shaped A-T and G-C pairs had their expected impact. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Lupita’s youngest sister kept looking up at the sky as if she expected to see the special star that was Papá’s even by daylight. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

All the PTA mothers looked forward to sewing dresses, teaching their sons to do the box step, and giving assemblies on how sixth graders are expected to behave at the dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When we had arrived at Big Ma’s, I'd expected that Pa would have told Big Ma all about it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had expected him to have concocted some plan by now to get Grigori alone and take him down for good. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think he expected to see it again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

You were in a truck, and you expected bullets coming through the sides any minute. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A closet door cut off one corner, and Emily was surprised to see the inside was a triangle instead of the expected square. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was clear then that they didn’t have the slightest intention of reopening the doors of Congress, as we all expected. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And black leaders, aware of Clark’s segregationist views and explosive temper, expected him to display, for the world to see, the violence that assailed blacks when they tried to exercise their right to vote. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, I got a better grade on it than I expected. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we expected, Grandmother called Father a fool who was a disgrace to the family, both the living and the dead, and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I won't be needing the machine. Business is taking me away sooner than I expected. I leave late tonight." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends aren’t mind readers, but I expected them to know how I felt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘Would I be expected to sing that odd song about how Grandma puts on her armour?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Garretts expected a gun battle to break out in their yard at any moment. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he would only lose an advantage that he never expected to have in the first place. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He had expected the opposite reaction from his father. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know what I expected to see but I did not see anything except the fields and the bare mulberry trees and the rain falling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As Harry had expected, the trials took most of the morning. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was feeling more and more vulnerable as I watched them continually struggle to solve the mystery of what white folks expected of them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if he expected us to know the meaning, along with the other words he used, like decorum. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She half expected to see the pink boy, but he wasn’t there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But then she said something I never expected: “Who?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They expected him every year: it was a good chance to catch up on family news. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not take to her bed as I expected but was driven round to the home of Missus Taylor to play cards and, no doubt, complain about her husband. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Children’s,” I said, my voice smaller than I expected it to be. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected to come across a boy. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A knight’s got him by the throat, and he’s expected to debate feology. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It seems long since I left here,” said Robin, looking around as if he expected things to be changed. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I had expected that Mr. Gatsby would be a florid and corpulent person in his middle years. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know me as well as he knew Theo, so it was to be expected. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Enjoying the movie proved to be harder than I expected. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were given names and relatives, and special responsibilities for the cosmic services they were expected to perform. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The professor started explaining again about what all he expected from us in the course. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, I am complaining about the confusion of my age, what is expected of me versus what I want for myself. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor kid—poor goat, satyr, whatever—looked as if he expected to be hit. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lutheran congregations were expected to be active participants in the service, with communal hymn-singing given high status. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I had expected to see myself disguised, but this was something else. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The set of expected pitches for a piece of music can be arranged into a scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

You know, in our culture, when a loved one dies, you’re expected to wail and cry to properly show your grief. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I expected Ms. Rowling would just shake my hand, but she was down-to-earth and whispered some encouraging words about my life and future, and then she hugged me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The goods have been donated by members and local shops, and the auction is expected to generate more than six thousand dollars this year, five hundred more dollars than last year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Today’s gleaning was...more troublesome than expected,” he said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The boys took part, all right, and to an extent that nobody had expected. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected it, but the dark flint was sharp and the cut was short. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t expected her son’s illness to take this turn, and she feels helpless and angry, like the times Jorge had bullied Javier as a child. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra would have expected the family to stare most at the Gallivespians, but their curiosity was directed just as much, she thought, at her and Will. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If students could walk to school, they were expected to go. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I expected I might be fired, but...banned? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper kept looking around like she expected an ambush. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had expected two cartons of Lucky Strikes to last me the whole trip, but, boy, what with all the nervous tension those suckers were gone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he expected the request to give me pause, but it did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then, looking pleased with himself, he puffed out his feathers, gave a great braaawk, and waddled into the Paqo’s home as if he were a welcome and expected guest. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I had expected it, but now that it had happened I couldn’t believe it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The movie was terrible, worse than I’d expected, the kind of movie only a gentile would see. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the long days that followed, we expected Pefta to appear every morning with the horrible news. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked mad enough to chew tar, and just when I expected an uppercut to my jaw, he smiled. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I kind of expected to see a giant Triceratops skeleton carved halfway out of the ground,” I comment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We both expected Ms. Antilly to spew a bunch of psychobabble at us. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It got used up on housing, I tell him, which was more expensive than I’d expected. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were groups of American soldiers standing guard along the way, but not as many as Nate would have expected. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us expected it to happen this summer, but no one knew how or when. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I stood there unable to give him any of the support I guess he expected me to give. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Though of course, there have been little upsets and frustrations, that is only to be expected...yes, little jealousies...No, I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone must have expected Marcela to drop the redhead off there; ahead of her was the press box, den of the exclusively male radio and newspaper corps. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the latter, these men were offered as “character witnesses”—persons expected to attribute to the accused a few human virtues. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the almost perfect inverse of the order he had expected based on the qualifying times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I expected Sam to drop me off and leave. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He had expected it to be a show. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In Manny’s ring talk it meant that the guy was being groomed, that he had been carefully brought along and given only fights he was expected to win. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not expected the place to be like this, he had expected it to be wild and open. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He had never expected that he might outdo Hooper, in any experience. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

One of his three plans had reached fruition a lot earlier than he had expected. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They had expected chiffon or ribbon, not Fruit of the Loom. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t expected to become a hero, but I sure didn’t expect this. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Now, the Weylins may have expected her to go on doctoring the slaves, but the slaves knew better. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, looked at me as though he expected me to say something—to reassure him, perhaps, to promise him that I would never do such a thing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

These were the actions I expected a simple woman distracted by grief might display. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

By a conservative calculation, this huge expansion of New York’s police force would be expected to reduce crime in New York by 18 percent relative to the national average. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She’d seen what she expected to be the last thing she ever saw. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By 1600 William Gilbert could complain that intellectuals were expected to navigate ‘so vast an Ocean of Books by which the minds of studious men are troubled and fatigued’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I’d not forgot. I just never expected—” “I wondered if thee would know me in this strange garb.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He did not seem to have any ideas himself, but expected Harry and Hermione to come up with plans while he sat and brooded over the low food supplies. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Not at all what I expected, it would have been cool if Halliday had given me the option to play Ally Sheedy instead, but what can you do? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I expected the bubble of illusion to burst at any second. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them had had sneaker-lace or yo-yo knots untied by Maniac, and they expected this would only take a couple of seconds longer. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then I expected no answer and there wasn’t. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected him to catch it in his mouth smartly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton felt his father’s eyes on him, as if he expected him to say something. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It would be the biggest in Klan history, he said, and he expected 10,000 Klansmen to be there—in their robes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I expected to come back with so much food I’d have to push it one item at a time through the two-brick hole. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She found some, all right both good and bad; but not nearly as much either way as she would have expected. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I remembered that I had expected to fail. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The bombs had been even more devastating than he had expected. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected them to drop me at the curb, but Dad insisted that they walk with me through the airport. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Our new teacher expected us to think about writing reports while Miss Honeywell’s new class was making papier-mâché volcanoes with bicarbonate lava. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And I expected Amah to come immediately and pick me up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not what you expected, is it?” he asked, his voice smug. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is quicker than Bailey expected, the moment that shifts from fire to twilight, and then the circus lights begin flickering on, all over the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was watching her; she felt the responsibility of an actress whose family members expected the best performance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Frodo half expected to see the small distant figure of a horseman on the ridge dark against the sky; but there was no sign of one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Connor expected me to be such a good player. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were enough there — the supply clerk had reached for the top one without even looking — to know that they expected that many of us would be going home in them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he’d expected, the landing was pitch-black by the time he reached it, save for a single wedge of yellow light coming from the Kuhani’s study. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Fredericksburg had been undertaken with little probability of success, the papers claimed; nothing could have been expected under the shabby plans—if, indeed, they were plans—other than appalling slaughter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

My foot doesn’t sink into the ground like I expected. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The showers were ice cold, but Hannah was so relieved it was water—and not the gas she’d expected—that she stood under the sprinklers a long time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected at any moment to hear the boys thundering after me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The work was harder than I could have expected. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says that the tropical storm is moving faster than anyone has really expected, and that it’s quickly escalating. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Principal Principal: “We all agree we are here to help. Let’s start with these grades. They are not what we expected from you, Melissa.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the pressure as the arrow detonated . .. but it wasn’t what she expected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Europeans expected me to regularly wash my hands with prepackaged towelettes and to automatically reject all unpasteurized dairy products. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The point of impact was at the edge of Iris, nowhere near where the mass was expected to be. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had expected it to begin pecking at him with his beak, remembering terrible stories about vultures that went for living people's eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"I have no access to Eden, although I'm sure he's still alive. John is doing as well as can be expected." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He offered her something to drink, in a perfunctory way that suggested he expected her to say no, and then he took off his shirt and lay on the bed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

No rolling boom, as I would have expected, but a voice that might have come from an old, old man. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to think of some quick answers because even though we’d expected a full-on interrogation, we hadn’t planned anything that came out of our mouths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone was always praying that the Lord would change Roy’s heart, but it was John who was expected to be good, to be a good example. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then came Livermore’s turn, with a device code-named Morgen- stern that was expected to yield one megaton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was a loud ringing in my ears, and I expected the wings of death to gather me up and take me with the owl. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young students were accordingly expected to learn an instrument and perform music daily, alongside gymnastics. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Ever since he could remember, Robin had been told what was expected of him as son of his father. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want anything from him, but she expected an apology at least. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I expected it to be in Latin or something, but it’s not, it’s in English. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The chaplain had no hint of what he was expected to say next. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The medical answer was what I expected to hear: Dad had suffocated, the macroscopic coal and rock dust that clogged his lungs finally denying him even a scintilla of air. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Mother knew very well that Dad had to talk about his children, the children who had already arrived and those who were expected. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had also kept the change from Lupita’s four dollars, but she had expected he might. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Inside was the sort of treasure I had never expected to see. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He nods, like he expected it; then, disappears. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Most of all I cried because of kindness, which I had not expected. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The office where Haupt was expected wasn't far from the famous Berlin Zoo. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I have expected that," said his father, "I always told you that, but you women don't want to listen." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, just then, Franny blew her nose with guileless abandon; the report was considerably louder than might have been expected from so fine and delicate-appearing an organ. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But they twinkled out one by one, without throwing any light on the questions why on earth I was going to play at Miss Havisham’s, and what on earth I was expected to play at. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected to see monkeys swinging from the boughs of the massive trees. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I asked for a definition of what was expected from the writers, books or political activity. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I guess it’s about what I expected. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had truly not expected such a scene; at most, I had imagined that there would be several dozen people, mainly the warders and their families. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he had expected something the size of when he had seen my castle on Late Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Nobody questioned it when he did something wonderful, because that’s exactly what was expected of him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They weren’t the ones who artificially jacked up their scores; they probably expected to do great in the seventh grade—and then they failed miserably. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He had expected to receive some word from George or the FBI, but heard from neither. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Experts expected that Petrosian would follow his conservative style and try to achieve a draw, to break Fischer’s winning streak. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Emily had expected James to appear, but instead she heard his voice reply in Chinese. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With all that practice, the trip went faster than I had expected. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Big Ma to put an end to Vonetta and Fern’s traipsing and prancing but she said she was tired and needed to sit down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She expected Fina’s usual updates and gossip, but when she scanned the letter, she saw that the tone was all wrong. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not the sort of voice I expected a Duke-of-Gibea type to have. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’ll just see an angry black girl from the ghetto, acting like they expected me to act. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s the cafeteria, but worse, because I expected it to be better. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny disliked him even more than he had expected. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day was her birthday, and she’d expected a perfect baby as the best present ever. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He expected the professors and students there to have opinions about politics, religion, and literature beyond what he'd experienced in Ohio. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

From press reports, conversations with visitors, and even the remarks of prison guards, I learned that a large and vociferous turnout was expected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at least twice as nice as seeing him somewhere she expected him to be. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But now the physics world expected him to make good on his boast. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I stopped, shivery with goose bumps, and called his name, but he didn’t jump out from behind a tree or a bush as I expected. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We bumped foreheads trying to see into the hole at the same time, and then left our heads pressed together, which was something I hadn’t expected to do. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The two other officers, one of them from my class, held their hands off their sides as though they expected action any instant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I certainly had not expected to meet, for example, a plumber who was an abstract painter in his off hours and admired the work of Mark Rothko. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant, instead of attacking him as he expected, lunged at Trashman and plucked the little boy from his shoulders. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And why wasn’t the station break at half past the hour as everyone expected during entertainment programs? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had formed a picture of him in my mind, and in my youthful imagination, I expected a Xhosa hero like Mqhayi to be tall, fierce, and intelligent-looking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected something else, a direct threat, perhaps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Members of the scientific community were expected to “throw themselves into this exploration with everything they had,” he recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Most of the security cameras show expected activity on the property. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Not finding what they had hoped or expected, many returned home, but others stayed and tried to eke out a living. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The last place we expected to find Sonny Bono was in our sixth-grade health film talking about the dangers of drugs. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But life being what it is, how can ordinary people truly be expected to have 'strong opinions' on all manner of things - as Mr Harry Smith rather fancifully claims the villagers here do? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was sharper than he had expected, and it nicked the skin of his finger. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I nod more vigorously than I expected to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment as if he expected Digory to say something. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were far less heavy than any had expected. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even with all Grandpa had said in the kitchen, I half expected him to thank God for sparing me, but he didn’t. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As I expected, the show was really just a training film with a laugh track. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It is said he even expected the monkeys to come down from the trees to how to him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Big Ma to be thrown for a loop or to jump out of her skin. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I rearranged the food so that none of it touched and dipped my spoon into the gelatinous hill, which was firmer than I expected. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just that we expected him to be more skeptical, to calm our feverish ambition. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“A very long time,” he said, looking past his visitor as if he expected to see another figure emerge from the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He expected to catch all three, but two whizzed out just before the lid covered the opening. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

You go to other parties—people ask you to bring her along; you’re expected to take her home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he expected to get a medal. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, this remark did not elicit the dramatic response I expected. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The athletes were expected to remain in the tourist- class areas, except when exercising on the promenade deck during daylight hours. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I half expected Hilda to turn on me and say, "You sound sick," but she only extended and then retracted her swanny neck. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He fought to come to the surface, and he expected a rifle barrel to be shoved into his face when he opened his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Papa to ask them to wait on the patio until we finished lunch, but he told Sisi to have Adamu let them in and to open the front door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pelletier expected to find him attached to some grand institution, so he was astounded to discover him teaching elementary arithmetic to boys in a small school on a back street. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I expected to find some islanders on the porch, sharing news and gossip, and maybe even a few summer people come to start the season early. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She would have expected to stand out in the crowd here, with her backpack and jeans and shiny green jacket—not to mention her dark skin and hair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The women were carrying on their own conversation, in low tones; I gathered that they were not expected to take part in male conversations. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Some of the children are sniffling, but most are trying very hard to be quiet, to do what’s expected of them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what was expected of me, I was out waiting behind the big house before the light came up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you were expected to tell the truth, to express your thoughts and your feelings, and then other times what was wanted was a lie, a bit of disguise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z