Sentence examples for mediocre expectations from inspiring English sources

This, despite mediocre expectations, as Fassel reminded us during his triumphant news conference yesterday at Giants Stadium.

The result was that states set their standards at widely varied levels, some as rigorous as those used in high-performing countries like Japan, but others at far lower levels that lay out at best, mediocre expectations for their students.

"From the beginning the nonsensical and the absurd were very much to my liking, and I was never more satisfied than when my pen gave birth to some scene that was truly crazy, removed from the (healthy) expectations of mediocre logic, and yet firmly rooted in its own separate logic," he wrote in "Polish Memories".

Not particularly, but if you do watch, set your expectations to "mediocre-ish".

Low expectations can make mediocre performance respectable.

Further, Citi's results, though mediocre, still managed to beat expectations.

It turned out that I exceeded their expectations with a mediocre second leg that neither won us anything nor embaressed us.

But it is 12 30am, and this is a club night sponsored by mediocre guitar-rock station Xfm, so expectations should be lowered accordingly.

But its costs are also very high, and a mediocre reception for Snap may temper expectations for messaging and photo services like Kuaishou.

Pity the mediocre Juncker, for he carries all the expectations of this new and frightening world.

The solution would have been to break out of the low expectations caused by poor or mediocre management and instead hire the best transport operators and managers from around the world to oversee the investment.