They praise none; and neither the public nor the author expects praise from them.

He smiled thinly, as if expecting praise for his gesture of concern.

If they have anything in common it is that very few of them expect praise, or even regard their acts as exceptional.

I had expected praise of him, but this was a good deal more.

"Sir, it was no great achievement," Lemmon protested, never having expected praise of this sort.

"I didn't expect praise," Killashandra exclaimed, though that indeed was what she had expected.

Remember, he's expecting praise from all his friends.

He had actually expected praise for his action.

But a poor man who marries a girl with tastes beyond his means is asking for trouble, and can't expect much praise from the world.

He had not expected such praise from the man whom he himself worshiped.