Sentence examples for expect to excel from inspiring English sources

Thereafter, his body language was that of a man who did not expect to excel, the ball bouncing off him awkwardly, not least when Ramires hammered a volley goalwards.

He will now be expected to excel immediately.

Because the mighty Red Sox are the defending World Series champions, they are expected to excel.

Whether it was at piano, ballet, etiquette or French, Rice was expected to excel.

To be an academic is to have a collection of jobs, all of which you are expected to excel at.

The biggest unseen edge that Eli possesses may be that he is expected to excel at the position.

OF THE six African countries at the World Cup in South Africa, only Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire were expected to excel.

At a time when women were not expected to excel athletically, Babe's natural talent was immediately evident.

Bonds was expected to excel, to be as versatile as his father, Bobby, and to be as talented as his godfather, Willie Mays.

Christine's father, on the other hand, was an ex-Army officer, and his kids were expected to excel at whatever they did.

Back then, we had to decide how we were going to decide: did we want to choose the writers who had already proved themselves or those whom we expected to excel in years to come?