By the time the colonists arrived, the town of Serenity was waiting for them.

The town has been waiting 10 years for contaminated soil on the site to be cleaned up.

They turn from the invisible line to where that fickle town waits.

The town is waiting for a decision from insurers on the costs of covering snowmobilers in a new policy.

This custom persisted in England until the 19th century, the town waits playing shawms to mark the hours.

The whole town was waiting for us.

There was no point in going in quietly; this town was a catastrophe just waiting to happen.

The town, if it were a town, could wait; the roundup might not.

The town waits for the affair to blow up.

"The whole town is waiting for the other shoe to drop," said a White House adviser.