Sentence examples for was roundly expected from inspiring English sources

After Mr. Bloomberg re-engineered the city's term limits law this fall so that he could seek re-election — making him the instant favorite in the 2009 race — the comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., was roundly expected to bow out.

Melbourne, the team that stunned the Crows a fortnight ago, were roundly expected to play their part in the reignition of Richmond's stuttering season.

The decision, while widely expected, was roundly criticized by drug policy experts, who called the move hypocritical given that the US may be in contravention of UN drug conventions due to legalized marijuana markets in several states.

The news that childcare providers and nurseries would also be expected to report suspicious children was roundly mocked — even by politicians representing the party behind the proposal.

For this farewell blow, he was roundly criticized by the paper's top editor, a counterattack that he surely expected.

He doesn't seem to have expected the anger this occasioned; by the end of the night he had apologized, and, on Monday, he was roundly abandoned by Republicans from Mitt Romney to Scott Walker.

He was roundly condemned.

He was roundly criticised.

It was roundly rejected.

He was roundly pummeled.

His offer was roundly rejected.