awaiting

Example Sentences

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Everything — even the things you’d never imagine that anyone would care to steal — is locked away, awaiting a presumably human store employee to free it with their magic key and true love’s kiss.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

It’s graduation season, so you know what that means: a lotta commencement speeches from wealthy figures of renown—all directed to debt-burdened, half-asleep, cap-and-gown-clad graduates worried about the frozen job market awaiting them.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

“A lot of them are released really early because bed space is taken up by felons awaiting sentencing,” said Mike Webb, a former Redondo Beach city attorney who created a homeless court.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

In 2023, judges halted the trial, deeming the wheelchair-bound Kabuga "unfit to participate meaningfully" in proceedings, but he was ordered to remain detained awaiting provisional release.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The prisoners slumped dejectedly upon the Abbey grass, awaiting the break of dawn and the coming of Cluny the Scourge.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques