Sentence examples for expected gift from inspiring English sources

Next night, she is ready for him - but "An expected gift is not worth giving".

When Dru and her husband argue about their marital problems, she quotes Updike ("The expected gift isn't worth giving") and makes statements like "Your hostility was palpable last night".

German-American youngsters expected gifts from Kris Kringle (the Christ Child) on Christmas Day.

Expected gifts include new suits for all the bride's male in-laws and expensive jewellery, accessories and make-up for her - in addition to the usual costs of ceremony, reception and honeymoon.

A host should also not expect gifts.

The North Koreans will be battening down the hatches, not expecting gifts.

If I am unable to recognize or interact with friends or family members, I still expect gifts.

He expects gifts other than the huge cardboard head of George Washington that my brother and I bought for two dollars as a joke.

Some may feel this is stingy but these are all couples who live together and have explicitly stated on their invites that they were not expecting gifts.

But when you're actually dealing with the two guys or the women next door planning a wedding just like your daughter, and expecting gifts, that's another matter entirely".

Should the family expect gifts when having a second child?