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.
  • These are but two of the amazing stories that await you in the video at the top of the post.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The issue awaits a ruling from the state Supreme Court.
    Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The deal made its way through the House and then the Senate, and now awaits Biden's signature.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 3 June 2023
  • In return, an eight-percent slice of the pie awaits me.
    Jay Bulger, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The Houston Astros await in the next round, but first these teams will look to break the 2-2 series tie.
    cleveland, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The same fate could await the Nissan Versa, which first went on sale in the summer of 2006.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Four of the co-defendants have pleaded guilty and the rest await trial.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • For the long time Philo fans an Easter egg awaits in the form of a pair of polka-dot pony pumps.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
  • New journeys await at the end of Shadow and Bone season 2.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Claim your share of their followers, and await the next opening. VI.
    Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Beneath the bed was a live bomb, awaiting its next victim.
    Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2023
  • Maybe that’s what awaits us inside the circumference of the moat.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • So, what awaits the 28-year-old Elliott in New England?
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
  • At the venue, her group settled down on the lawn and anxiously awaited for Kahan to grace the stage.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Two have been settled out of court, while a third is still awaiting trial.
    Kevin Collier, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • He was transported to the Lake County jail to await a bond hearing on the warrants.
    Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Sapp is free now, awaiting his new trial, and Jones again is a central figure in the case.
    The Enquirer, 21 Mar. 2024
  • That includes the big Marvel reveals that MCU fans await.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Vibes: Plenty of tables a bar with room for 16 people await.
    Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024
  • And some great weekend trips, shows, concerts and other fun stuff await.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • She was taken to the Solon Jail to await further proceedings from the village.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Mosley was arrested the night of the attack and jailed while awaiting trial.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Washington, the best pass defense in the nation by yards given up, awaits in two weeks, while Notre Dame, at the end of the year, ranks sixth.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The main event awaits on Friday in the form of December’s nonfarm payrolls report.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Soon after that, a 37-point defeat awaited them at Liberty, and a 41-point deficit at North Texas.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025

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