await
verb (used with object)
to wait for; expect; look for.
were awaiting
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past progressiveof await.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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An American official described this week’s mediated discussions as “positive and constructive,” while Iranian officials said Saturday they were awaiting an official U.S. response.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Serbian officials were awaiting details on when authorities in The Hague would release the body, he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
ExxonMobil and Chevron said Friday that they were awaiting signs of greater fiscal and legal stability in Venezuela before significantly shifting their approach to the oil-rich country.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
The figures also showed 71,000 cases were awaiting an initial decision, relating to 91,000 people.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
They were awaiting the arrival of Adolf Hitler and the beginning of perhaps the most spectacular public ceremony the world had yet seen—the opening of the Eleventh Olympiad.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
