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Discover LudwigThe phrase "sort of expected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a feeling of partial anticipation or a mild expectation about something happening. Example: "Given the circumstances, the outcome was sort of expected, even if we hoped for a different result."
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"We all know from previous work that there are great [life expectancy] disparities in the U.S. across counties, but I sort of expected that when we compared progress in counties to what's possible that we would be keeping up," Murray says.
"We sort of expected it," she remembers.
"It became sort of expected," he said.
I realised I'd sort of expected that.
Wednesday's violence was something that the country sort of expected.
Michael sort of expected to be closer to the action.
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"I've read so many stories about fights and rows on Broadway, I was sort of expecting that.
It's clear it's their first time at Brookvale, and they're sort of expecting it to be another world, perhaps with agitation.
"I was sort of expecting it to be what all the other places had been like — to have something off about it," Mr. Sherman said.
"I think the presence of the free spots in town is making people sort of expect that that's the way things ought to be".
"One sort of expects, at least on a temporary basis, to give up some of one's rights," said one federal district judge, Rya Zobel.
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