watching and waiting
Example Sentences
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The rest of Latin America is watching and waiting.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
In a year of record stock highs, artificial-intelligence moonshots and tense standoffs on global trade, Warren Buffett spent much of it watching, and waiting for the right moment to strike.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025
Forty eight hours later, Lilli was sitting atop a mountain in the Sandia range with colleagues, 110 miles from the test site, watching and waiting for ignition.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
A person in a watchtower a couple of feet off the bow of one canoe would stare into the water, watching and waiting for salmon to swim into the net.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023
“Come,” Axel says after a long while—after his listening, watching, and waiting for clues.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
