Sentence examples for expect gratitude from inspiring English sources
"We do not expect gratitude for our scientific work, but we do demand respect.
"No one should become a regulator and expect gratitude," he says.
It's a great pity and no one should expect gratitude if Hang 'em were to succeed.
This is the egomania of the fan: to expect gratitude in equal proportion to his own devotion.
If you "gift" something, offering a present entirely out of duty or convention, do not expect gratitude: receivers usually know what the present represents.
With big business benefiting from so much state largesse, you might expect gratitude in the form of the glad payment of taxes.
But if the Australians expected gratitude, they were mistaken.
When Dr. Stockmann discovers that the waters of a new public spa are toxic, he expects gratitude and glory.
WHEN Cristina Fernández, Argentina's president, agreed in July to allow Chevron to help exploit the country's shale gas more efficiently she expected gratitude from her countrymen.
As among the Jewish Israelis, wherever I go, I receive something I never expected, gratitude: "Thank you, thank you for coming".
What sort of person twists the knife in even deeper after a fling by detailing strong feelings for a lover and then expecting gratitude for a return to the fold?
