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Example sentences for: reflexive
How can you use “reflexive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
He found misplacement problems, mistakes in parallel structures, improper use of commas, wrong or missing prepositions, incorrect use of reflexive verbs, etc. “The Census Bureau,” he wrote, “has had 10 long years to get its forms straight.”
And even though I didn't want Bill Clinton thrown out of office, the cultural elite's reflexive and vigorous defense of him to the bitter end made me queasy.
I went to one "salad bar" where not only did I not see anything that reminded me of a vegetable (and by the way, I'm intentionally going to skip the reflexive but pointlessly callous joke I could make about the customers, who I'm sure upon closer examination were lovely and admirable people), but among the "salad ingredients" being offered was a dish of chocolate pudding.
As for the meaning to expect, literate Spanish speakers know that--aside from using the noun expectativa --the precise meaning is conveyed by employing the reflexive no me esperaba, no se esperaba , etc.
There is a very simple way to say it dropped without using the self-accusatory I dropped it lo dejé caer or the reflexive se me cayó: one can just say se cayó.