Expected
Expected adjective - Being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events.
Both words in one sentence
- He promised to come back and asked her to wait, but as the trope goes, this takes longer than expected.
Source: I Will Wait for You -
Similarly, Israel is sometimes referred to as the only country in the world, where a group of young men with machine guns can walk into a bank and they're expected to wait in line.
Source: Apathetic Citizens -
Dalmora from Alphan planet Daen is even expected to wait until after University before her first relationship!
Source: Literature / Earth Girl
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Wait and Expected. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/wait
Expected & Wait. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/wait>.
Wait or Expected. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/expected/wait.
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