Expressing “As Expected” with “guǒrán”

天气预报说明天会降温，今天晚上气温果然已经开始明显下降了。

Tiānqì yùbào shuō míngtiān huì jiàngwēn, jīntiān wǎnshang qìwēn guǒrán yǐjīng kāishǐ míngxiǎn xiàjiàng le.

The weather forecast said the temperature would drop tomorrow, and indeed it had already started dropping noticeably tonight.

我早就觉得他适合做这项工作，结果他上手以后果然做得非常出色。

Wǒ zǎo jiù juéde tā shìhé zuò zhè xiàng gōngzuò, jiéguǒ tā shàngshǒu yǐhòu guǒrán zuò de fēicháng chūsè.

I had long felt that he was suitable for this job, and indeed after taking it on he did it extremely well.

她刚一开口，大家就安静下来了，场面果然一下子稳定了许多。

Tā gāng yì kāikǒu, dàjiā jiù ānjìng xiàlái le, chǎngmiàn guǒrán yíxiàzi wěndìng le xǔduō.

As soon as she started speaking, everyone quieted down, and the situation indeed became much steadier at once.