Example Sentences

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Harrison said the town had been awaiting the road for a long time.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

But as bombs fell 7,500 miles away in Tehran, members of West L.A.’s Iranian American community spent Saturday celebrating a day some had been awaiting for nearly half a century.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Ghosn had been awaiting trial in Japan on charges of under-reporting earnings, breach of trust and misappropriation of company funds - accusations he has repeatedly denied.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

She had been awaiting transfer to a prison in her native Russia.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

She smiled, and that was certainly an omen—the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho