Awaits
[ə'weits]
Examples
- Mr. Bucket, satisfied, expresses high approval and awaits her coming at the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Much of this early Turkish material still awaits examination. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There she stands, pointing to a rude image of the Virgin Mary, see if she can avert the fate that awaits thee. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A cruiser awaits above at your own dock; let us leave at-- A fusillade of shots from the palace gardens just without cut short his further words. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He patiently awaits an explicit answer; and Jo, more baffled by his patience than by anything else, at last desperately whispers a name in his ear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And now that we know what they are like there is no difficulty in tracing out the sort of life which awaits either of them. Plato. The Republic.
- The gallows awaits him, and I would do nothing to save him from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As to you, sir, I trust that a bright future awaits you in Rhodesia. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We shall and must break bounds at intervals, despite the terrible revenge that awaits our return. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But a home of love awaits you in your native England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Another gorgeous dinner awaits them on their return to the Veneering halls, and Lady Tippins awaits them, and Boots and Brewer await them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Well, Soames, I think we have cleared your little problem up, and our breakfast awaits us at home. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Steam, with its heavy engine, has been long set aside, and electricity, derived from the storage battery, yet awaits sufficient development. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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