Sentence examples for conventional expectations from inspiring English sources

Much of D'Antoni's biography defies conventional expectations.

Masks allow for the subversion of conventional expectations and assumptions.

But much of Vertical Influences plays with choreography and imagery that rinses viewers of all conventional expectations.

Conventional expectations of ethnic identity are thus traded in for a kind of Up With People liberalism.

Sterne's A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy (1768) similarly defies conventional expectations of what a travel book might be.

Like Douglas, Harley has an ailment -- heart trouble -- that is open to metaphorical reading, and, like Douglas, she is ill equipped to fulfill conventional expectations.

There are so many paradoxes to be dealt with in this romantic comedy that they render conventional expectations of the genre moot.

His tableaux vivants are like glittering 21st-century cine-masques, with a poetic structure which swerves conventional expectations of location and narrative.