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Example sentences for: awaited

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The worldwide consensus was that the poor jet-lagged VP, whose arrival in Kyoto had been awaited with such excitement, had signally failed to deliver a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations because of political pressures at home.
Disney's eagerly awaited first ship is far behind schedule and still not ready, largely because of the company's nitpicking specs.
Undersecretary of Commerce David Aaron offered condolences over the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng replied that China still awaited a satisfactory explanation.
Smith slyly echoes Scorsese's film when Rickman's Voice of God, attempting to convert the reluctant Bethany to his cause, explains that Jesus didn't take it any better when told of the painful destiny that awaited him: "I had to deliver the news to a scared child who only wanted to play with other children."
Contrary to what you might have read (or awaited hopefully), Mayor Ebert and his contentious aide, Siskel, do not get squashed.