Awaited

Examples

• We locked every door on the inside and awaited developments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was to be told (said Monseigneur) that supper awaited him then and there, and that he was prayed to come to it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They awaited her perfect recovery in silence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I succeeded to his connection, and had every reason to feel grateful for the prospect that awaited me at my starting in life. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Having performed this friendly office, he fixed his eyes on the Jew's face, and awaited his directions. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Everybody awaited the decision. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I suppose animals kept in cages, and so scantily fed as to be always upon the verge of famine, await their food as I awaited a letter. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She had engaged a sitting-room, and our lunch awaited us upon the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mrs Dengelton and Eunice awaited them on the terrace, and they were soon seated round the well-spread table. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He immediately intrenched himself and awaited the arrival of General Meade, who reached there the next day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• But it was a merciful Providence which prevented him from foreseeing the hideous reality which awaited them in the grim depths of that gloomy wood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They were packed into a basket, and the shopman awaited the answer to his inquiry, 'Where shall we send them to, sir? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As I reached the doorway of our building a strange surprise awaited me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She, I thought, awaited me by the Lost Sea of Korus. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He rose, as if to follow Margaret, who had disappeared through the window he only awaited Mrs. Hale's permission. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She had awaited him in a faint delirium of nervous torture. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Sheridan at once proceeded to intrench his position; and he awaited an assault from the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I felt, as I looked upon that supple figure, alive with nervous energy, that it was indeed a strenuous day that awaited us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Dumkins confidently awaited its coming with his eyes fixed on the motions of Luffey. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She paused--but held up her hand at the same time, as a sign that she awaited no answer from me before she proceeded. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Other seven faces there were, carried higher, seven dead faces, whose drooping eyelids and half-seen eyes awaited the Last Day. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• There I squatted down and awaited developments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• My door has always been open to her--a welcome here has always awaited her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I awaited it with great anticipation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I asked, feeling the hot blood of my fighting ancestors leap in my veins as I awaited her reply. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Not caring to go too near the door, until the appointed time, Mr. Pickwick crouched into an angle of the wall, and awaited its arrival. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• That little second was all that I awaited. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• I awaited the man's return, free from the slightest feeling of anxiety about the manner in which his master might receive my application. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Each of them felt proudly resistant, and neither looked at the other, while they awaited Sir James's entrance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Various duties awaited me on my arrival. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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