In the next room, a caged black leopard named Backara, his spots visible from up close, waited to undergo the same set of procedures.
8 00: We are still sitting at the gate, doors closed, waiting for six airplanes in our alleyway to move out of the way.
Hearing "Namaskar," they opened their eyes and saw that without their realizing it — for no one had spoken — the rest of the yoga class had gathered in the pavilion, eyes closed, waiting to begin.
Under the emergency plan, officials in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange Counties would respond either by telling people to remain in their houses with the doors and windows closed, waiting for the radiation cloud to pass over, or evacuate.
Hard to tell with all the noise, the train braking and stopping with eight feet to spare, the two of them frozen mid-grip, eyes closed, waiting for things that would never come.
He mimed it for me, leaning back with his eyes closed waiting for the end to come, then slowly opening them, raising his eyebrows practically to his hairline, overacting like a silent-film star tied to the tracks who slowly realizes the distant train will never arrive.
And there we stood, eyes closed, waiting for the squeeze on our right hand, then squeezing the hand of the person to our left.
I hovered there a minute, and he sat up straight in the chair, his head back and eyes closed, waiting to get what he wanted no, what he deserved.
WHEN the Tap closed, locals waited impatiently for this popular little bar and grill to reopen.
