7 sentences with 'expectations'
Example sentences and phrases with the word expectations and other words derived from it.
• « Empress Maria Theresa's rule represented an almost impossible balance in the gender expectations of the time. »
• « These political expectations rose at the very time when the price of bread soared - 1787 and 1788 had seen very poor harvests, and there was widespread fear of famine. »
• « Now, against all expectations, he had become a father. "The responsibility for that tiny creature gave him a great boost," said his wife. »
• « The universal appeal of the work, whose sales far exceeded its author's wildest expectations, perplexed critics and commentators. »
• « Overall, the Revolution reconfigured the role of women by undermining traditional expectations of wives and mothers, including subservience. »