waiting

Example Sentences

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Throughout the 28-hour operation residents and soldiers looked on, waiting for news of missing relatives.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

The stock has moved higher, but people are waiting to see the earnings inflect.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

A mission to Mars would likely take an astronaut three years—nine months to get there, 16 months waiting for the planets to align for the flight back and nine months for the return.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

It’s as if the nearby natural world, photographed by Gergely Pálos and edited by Károly Szalai, was just waiting for such a solitary moment to draw Tony’s undivided attention into the prospect of green intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

He’s sitting at the small table in the corner of his room, the Scrabble board already set up, waiting for me, his lunch dishes pushed to the side.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam