Expect
Expect verb - To believe in the future occurrence of (something).
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Synonyms for Expect
Sense and expect are semantically related. in anticipate topic. In some cases you can use "Sense" instead a verb "Expect".
Sense
Sense verb - To have a vague awareness of.
Usage example: the deer seemed to sense danger
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Both words in one sentence
- Also, for them, there is no such thing as tolerance in the third sense, yet they expect it in that accepting sense from their victims.
Source: Intolerable Tolerance - This hurts even more than you would expect, because vampires have an enhanced sense of touch.
Source: Immortality Hurts -
Deconstructor Fleet: The game goes far out of its way to defy common sense and never behaves like you would expect.
Source: Video Game / Antichamber
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