Words similar to waiting

Example sentences for: waiting

How can you use “waiting” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The film is "a hopelessly cliched newspaper yarn--I kept waiting for someone to scream into the phone, 'Baby, get me re-write!
Only 15 of us are waiting inside the courthouse.
If I use the conventional oven, I am not going to spend 60 minutes of my time over it--standing next to the oven and waiting for it to finish its job.
A proposal introduced by the British government would impose a 15 day waiting period.
He has "surpassed Netanyahu in status at the White House," the editorial said, while "Europe stands united behind him, and the Arab states are only waiting for the signal to send official representatives to the Palestinian state."