Sentence examples for soften expectations from inspiring English sources

Houston sounded momentarily the way Thomas did when he tried to soften expectations last week.

The two top toymakers in the United States posted disappointing third-quarter results yesterday and softened expectations for the crucial holiday season, citing a wobbly economy and cautious retailers.

Fertilizer companies' second-quarter results will likely meet analysts' softened expectations when they start reporting next week, but all signs suggest they won't come close to topping last year's figures.

I have noticed a larger trend of newer mobile companies adopting the "labs" nomenclature, which I believe softens expectations around big initial launches and signals to investors, the tech press, and early adopters that their endeavors are very much experiments and to expect more of them in the eternal quest to build that killer app.

As analysts soften their expectations for the Fed to tighten even more, the rotation into financials will continue".

City analysts said more companies would warn on profits in coming weeks, reflecting the impact of the referendum result on their business or taking the chance to soften up expectations and blame Brexit for weak trading.

Boeheim may have succeeded in softening the expectations at Syracuse.

Mr. Simmons and other Nasdaq executives were careful to soften their short-term expectations for Nasdaq Europe yesterday.

There is also some softening of expectations, looking forward to the next three months, over concerns about the outlook for the UK economy in the face of swingeing government spending cuts, as well as risks in the global economy.

What went viral was the desire for men to soften up, and for male gender expectations, emotional softness is often a challenge to integrate regardless of sexual identity.

Many home builder stocks have priced in the expectation that prices will continue to soften.