await
verb (used with object)
to wait for; expect; look for.
had awaited
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past perfectof await.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Both men were arrested in 2017, but had awaited trial out on bond.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
I wish more lead roles of that stature had awaited Wilkinson after “In the Bedroom.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
The second group that was dismantled reportedly was a support team that had awaited the arrival of the first group.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
For weeks, a student group and the George Mason University Foundation had awaited the decision from a Fairfax County Circuit Court judge.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2018
For it was darkness itself that had awaited him, the unnamed thing, the being that did not belong in the world, the shadow he had loosed or made.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
