await
Usage
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The verb await (wait for) implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone. Hope implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. Expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble?
Example Sentences
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The DUP leader said he will "will await with interest to see how it is these parade commissioners believe they are going to restore confidence".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Oil prices edged down but remain in danger of spiking further as investors await a breakthrough in efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo traffic.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
—Oil prices fell more than 1.5% as investors await details on expected U.S. sanctions on Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"To be clear, this is not a final decision on the merits of the government's stay application, and we await further action."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Madison countered that centrality could be measured demographically as well as geographically, so they should await the results of the census of 1790 before deciding.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
The answer awaits in the Astors’ dressing room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Indian captain of an alleged Russian shadow fleet oil vessel seized by British commandos has been made a "scapegoat", his wife told AFP, as her husband awaits trial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
So, a challenging job awaits for new man Matthias Jaissle.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some people have a better idea of what awaits them, healthwise, than others.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
And what awaits me at the bottom of those fourteen stairs?
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
They hit an intraday low of $104.83 on Aug. 3, as investors awaited the company’s first earnings report.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
But an eagerly awaited debut campaign never reached the heights many expected.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Oil prices edged higher, with Brent crude up 1.3% to $83.55 a barrel, as investors awaited updates from Iran-Oman talks on managing Strait of Hormuz traffic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Meanwhile, at a sports hall in Las Rozas de Madrid just outside the capital, the displaced sprawled on camp beds, held their heads in their hands and comforted pets as they awaited news.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Her terror of what awaited her just over the threshold of consciousness was more powerful still.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Between December and January, it hosted a large shipment of uranium concentrate, which was held up while awaiting export.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
For years, fans have been eagerly awaiting the sixth installment to the “Grand Theft Auto” franchise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Her husband listens, awaiting his turn to speak.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
But still awaiting a connection to the country’s main high-speed train corridor, it can feel like terra incognita, even to Italians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Clare watched until Frabwick’s ghostly backside lumbered into the pulsing red light, then perked his good ear toward the forest, awaiting his favorite sound.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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