1 Reaching town, he was driven direct to his club, where he hoped a note from Miss Bart might await him.
2 He had instructed his bankers to forward some important business letters to Nice, and at Nice he would quietly await them.
3 In tempestuous times like these, after everything above and aloft has been secured, nothing more can be done but passively to await the issue of the gale.
4 Harper did not appear, however, until after the prisoner, feeling very weak and ill, had been hailed into court and remanded at five hundred dollars' bail to await the result of his victim's injuries.
5 No exclamation of surprise escaped the father, nor was any question asked, or reply given, for several minutes; each appearing to await the moment when he might speak, without betraying womanish curiosity or childish impatience.
6 Heyward ventured to hurl the tomahawk he had seized, too ardent to await the moment of closing.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 12 7 They shrank back and crouched as if compelled to await a flood.
8 He paused in piteous anxiety to await his friend's reply.
9 As it drew towards the appointed hour, he went outside into the garden and mounted the tan-heap to await the raven.
10 I only await one thing before following your advice; that is, a minister who will hold office for six months.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 39. The Guests. 11 Well, they have gone to fetch her, no doubt, from Madame de Morcerf's; I will await her return, and beg her to come up here.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 72. Madame de Saint-Meran. 12 I do not say that I await with pleasure his decision, but I do await it.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 76. Progress of Cavalcanti the Younger. 13 'Adieu, my lord,' murmured my mother, determining quietly to await the approach of death.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 77. Haidee. 14 On enquiry we found that the constable was in bed, and we were shown into a little front parlour to await his coming.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL 15 "Leave your horses below and we will await you here," the Elder answered.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN