great expectations

Example Sentences

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Plenty will venture to Murrayfield with great expectations, and a little more trepidation.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Her sister Maya, 57, also spoke on thee night, saying their mother had been a "trailblazer", having set "great expectations of us".

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

The start of a new year should come with great expectations for better days to come, but, instead, 2024 arrives with a weighty sense of dread.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

“This is a fraud case where an exciting venture went forward with great expectations and hope, only to be dashed by untruth, misrepresentations, hubris and plain lies,” Davila lamented while Holmes stood before him.

From Washington Times • May 27, 2023

“I had great expectations about how my life would go and then . Nicholas Nickleby! — you fell on hard times and were living in a real bleak house.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray