For one thing, it causes us to miss out on the pleasure of seeing our worst expectations exceeded.

It can happen when expectations exceed reality, both the player's expectations for himself and those of others for him.

Maybe, he acknowledges, the public's expectations have exceeded the letter of the law in the Congressional code of conduct.

People who saw Louis Armstrong perform in the latter half of his life often found their expectations exceeded.

Overall the reviewer was impressed by the game, saying "in the end CF3 far exceeded my expectations".

Our expectations for our children exceeded those of our parents for us.

Staff set consistently high expectations of achievement and pupils often exceed their targets.

So the public's expectations after the Giants' 3-0 start exceeded reality.

But those expectations from fans will never exceed the expectations that I have for myself.

And it has, to be fair, exceeded at least my expectations about how cool unfreedom could be made.