Sentence examples similar to Belie expectations from inspiring English sources

The anti-Putin rally staged here one day before Vladimir Putin was once again sworn into office as Russia's president belied expectations.

Even more exotic is the grilled cormorant, a sea bird that belies expectations by being not at all fishy but resembling squab in taste, color and texture.

The rapid fall of Afrin – less than 48 hours after it was surrounded by the advancing Turks and Syrian rebels – belied expectations of a long, gruelling blockade, like the ongoing siege of eastern Ghouta by the Syrian military and its allies.

In practice, what people actually do often belies these expectations.

Nothing that the Nixon people said belied such expectations.

For a country that belied the expectations of most economists and managed to all but eliminate a 15% deficit at huge cost for its citizens, a continuation of business as usual would be a tragedy.

The attacks ultimately were pushed back, but they demonstrated an advanced level of training and discipline that belies any expectations that driving Islamic State out of northwestern Iraq will be either quick or painless.

But the melancholy expressions on their faces belie their stated expectations.

But I wish the company would belie its audience's expectation more often.

Other presidents have gotten elected on deceptive promises that belie their private intentions or expectations.

But there's also something passive and a bit sad, something that belies, indeed undoes stereotypes and the expectations of men, active and upright.