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
Still, it’s up to Morant to prove the undisclosed steps required during the league-imposed timeout actually worked with everyone watching and waiting for any slip-up or mistake in his behavior off the court.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
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
During his long watching and waiting one small thing happened which I shall have to mention because something important came of it later on.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
