How to Use await in a Sentence
await
verb
- The same fate awaits us all.
- A crowd of people awaited the train.
- He was arrested and is now in prison awaiting trial.
- Her long-awaited new novel is finally being published.
- We're eagerly awaiting his arrival.
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Foreign powers await the U.S. choice just as Americans do.
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Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
5 Nov. 2024
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Now, the Wolverines await their CFP matchup and destination.
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Tony Garcia,
Detroit Free Press,
4 Dec. 2022
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South Boston home Police await autopsy results on 4 infants fou...
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
29 Nov. 2022
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The others were awaiting confirmation Tuesday afternoon of whether their power grid sections would be shut off.
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Caelyn Pender,
The Mercury News,
5 Nov. 2024
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Fabulous opportunities await you out in the great wide world, but more local action might require your attention first and foremost.
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Chicago Tribune,
30 Nov. 2022
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After a grand entrance, the queen plopped down on a red velvet couch with gold trim to await a parade of 300 guests who appeared to take that advice seriously.
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Lauren Segal,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Nov. 2022
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Alabama wraps up its regular-season schedule by hosting Austin Peay and Auburn, then will await its placement in a bowl game.
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Mike Rodak | [email protected],
al,
12 Nov. 2022
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The soon-to-be guests at the White Lotus travel to the hotel by yacht, next traversing a green lawn where staff await them with manufactured ease and gleaming smiles.
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Sophie Van Bastelaer,
EW.com,
30 Nov. 2022
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For example, even as originally written, the law requires judges to keep defendants behind bars to await trial if they are deemed to be a flight risk or a danger to the public.
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Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Nov. 2022
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As Americans cast their ballots and Wall Street awaits the Fed’s decision, markets may see short-term volatility.
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Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
5 Nov. 2024
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The issue awaits a ruling from the state Supreme Court.
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Jessie Opoien,
Journal Sentinel,
7 Sep. 2024
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The deal made its way through the House and then the Senate, and now awaits Biden's signature.
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Justin Klawans,
The Week,
3 June 2023
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In return, an eight-percent slice of the pie awaits me.
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Jay Bulger,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2024
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While Stoops searches for a new offensive coordinator and running backs coach, the Wildcats await their bowl placement, which will be announced Sunday.
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Ryan Black,
The Courier-Journal,
29 Nov. 2022
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The same fate could await the Nissan Versa, which first went on sale in the summer of 2006.
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Eric Stafford,
Car and Driver,
1 Sep. 2023
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Four of the co-defendants have pleaded guilty and the rest await trial.
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Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
4 Apr. 2024
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For the long time Philo fans an Easter egg awaits in the form of a pair of polka-dot pony pumps.
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Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
28 Nov. 2023
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New journeys await at the end of Shadow and Bone season 2.
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Erica Gonzales,
ELLE,
18 Mar. 2023
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Beneath the bed was a live bomb, awaiting its next victim.
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Steve Chawkins,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2023
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Maybe that’s what awaits us inside the circumference of the moat.
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Chris Richards,
Washington Post,
17 May 2023
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So, what awaits the 28-year-old Elliott in New England?
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Christopher Price,
BostonGlobe.com,
19 Aug. 2023
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At the venue, her group settled down on the lawn and anxiously awaited for Kahan to grace the stage.
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Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Aug. 2024
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Two have been settled out of court, while a third is still awaiting trial.
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Kevin Collier,
NBC News,
27 Sep. 2023
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Sapp is free now, awaiting his new trial, and Jones again is a central figure in the case.
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The Enquirer,
21 Mar. 2024
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Vibes: Plenty of tables a bar with room for 16 people await.
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Thomas Wheatley,
Axios,
25 Sep. 2024
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