Sentence examples for present waiting from inspiring English sources

The past is always present, waiting.

I was stuck in the present, waiting for the future to start.

None the less, as they roamed round the exhibits signalling at each other, motioning against the isolated music enthusiasts present, waiting for something to happen, they exuded Bodger crass menace.

I have been reading heart-breaking stories of military families past and present waiting for benefits.

"You were racing down the stairs because we knew that there was a great present waiting for us.

When Roland sees the tiny present waiting for him on Christmas morning, he wishes for something bigger, and bigger, until he discovers that what he's wished for really isn't what he wants at all.

Last year John Lewis's 30-second Christmas advert featuring a little boy jiggling his legs in frustration, staring out of the window and harrumphing in the agony of anticipation for his present (wait for it!) to his parents to be given was as successful a commercial for the department store as for the music it included.

If there are bubbles present, wait a few moments for them to pop.

If you feel not so ready to give a present, wait until you do.

"Monsterpiece Theater," with Alistair Cookie, presents "Waiting for Elmo," a play "so brilliant, it makes absolutely no sense".

When uncovering the bird cage in the morning, try waiting until the bird poops before letting him out (though in the morning, there may be multiple large "presents" waiting to come out of the bird).