Sentences with wait
wait
W w - I walk to a street corner and wait for the school bus. [VERB + for]
- ...the four-hour wait for the organizers to declare the result. [+ for]
- Though 96% of those are set to take place in the next 30 days, new patients often wait weeks or months for a first appointment.
- I know she was happy when I lost my job. She was waiting to see me fail.
- There'll be a car waiting for you. [VERB + for]
- I want to talk to you, but it can wait. [VERB]
- We waited for the sun to set before starting the fire.
- She waited behind after class to talk to the professor.
- If you think this all sounds very exciting, just wait until you read the book. [V + until]
- 'Wait a minute!' he broke in. 'This is not giving her a fair hearing!' [VERB noun]
- I don't have time to wait around. If he's not here in five minutes, I'm leaving.
- You should have waited a little longer. He showed up right after you left.
- There were plenty of servants to wait on her. [VERB + on]
- That work can wait
- They waited at the train station together.
- I hate waiting in long lines.
- Success waits for you in your new job
- Dinner was waiting for them
- Let that job wait
- To wait at table, to wait on a person
- To wait orders, to wait one's turn
- To wait dinner
- Don't wait supper for me.
- Glory waits thee.
- A wait at the border.
- There will be a long wait between trains.
- The army lay in wait in the forest.
- I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
- They laid in wait for the patrol.
- She used to wait down at the Dew Drop Inn.
- To wait dinner
- To wait for the bus to arrive.
- A letter is waiting for you.
- A matter that can wait.
- We waited a week and then bought the house. Your vacation will have to wait until next month.
- I'm just waiting for the day somebody knocks him down.
- To wait one's turn at a telephone booth.