Sentence examples for popular expectations from inspiring English sources

Oblivion was well received in the gaming press; there was no critical disappointment, no "bump" in popular expectations, that might have been expected for such a highly anticipated game.

Fed officials closely scrutinize two measures of popular expectations.

The three countries also face major security risks, unmet popular expectations and governance failures.

But Mas should be more careful not to overdraw popular expectations.

People like watching a crisis unfold, and Ebola sits squarely with popular expectations of Africa.

Mr. Assad's arrival in power in 2000 was met with broad popular expectations of reform.

No. Contrary to popular expectation.

The level of popular expectation is much higher than in former ages.

Predicting the phenomena that will flop, against popular expectation, may attract even fewer no one likes to hear "I told you so".

But what's truly unusual for a prime-time drama is the way gender roles on the show rarely conform to popular expectation.

This was his first grand prix as a team owner and, contrary to popular expectation, the gangling, bespectacled founder of Simtek Research had not fallen flat on his smiling face.