Example Sentences

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She felt crushed, overwhelmed, but she could not remain silent; she had to speak; the eyes of those who were near were fixed upon her waitingly.

From Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden by Garvice, Charles

At the sound of the carriage the landlord hurried out, and stood beside Derrick, waitingly.

From The Woman's Way by Garvice, Charles

The Saints, those darling sons of the house, with their dreams and meditations make but little stir; they look forward waitingly, as men assured of their part in Elysium.

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules

Was he justified in taking this comely young fellow into the grim uncertainty that lay ahead, into the jaws of the specter grinning waitingly behind the red lights of Bart Coogan's gambling hell at Gunnison?

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank

The Marrow minister leaned his head on his hand and looked waitingly at the young man.

From The Lilac Sunbonnet by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)