en attendant
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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But the daughter of the late King got intelligence of the necessities of the two descendants of Crusaders, and a pension of two thousand francs a year was granted, en attendant.
From Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper
My dear M. de Gramont, I meant to excuse myself; but as I am forced to wait for that tantalizing dress, a few moments with you, en attendant, will divert my thoughts.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
At least, however, en attendant one may luxuriate in the vision of such a thing; and the reader shall now see such a vision rehearsed.
From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey
My situation has, en attendant, been made picturesque by the successive arrivals of your different mementoes, each one of which has done its little part to assuage my solitude and relieve my gloom.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
But, however, child,' added the bride, 'as you seem to make such a point of it, take this guinea to the cottage you mention, en attendant!'
From Adeline Mowbray or, The Mother and Daughter by Amelia Alderson Opie
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