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"Wait" in a Sentence (33 examples)
I can only wait.
I don't want to wait that long.
Ten years is a long time to wait.
I can't wait to go on a vacation.
If you think education is expensive, wait till you see what ignorance costs you.
Wait in the waiting room.
All that you have to do is to wait for his reply.
All you have to do is to wait for me to return.
All you have to do is wait for his arrival.
All you have to do is to wait.
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Wait here until your car arrives.
I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Haste, my dear father; 'tis no time to wait.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
The South London tramway replacement will have to wait, possibly five years, because of the slowing down of bus manufacture due to national requirements.
She used to wait in this joint.
to wait one’s turn
Awed with these words, in camps they still abide, / And wait with longing looks their promised guide.
The Court had assembled, to wait events, in the huge antechamber known as the Œil de Boeuf.
He chose a thousand horse, the flower of all / His warlike troops, to wait the funeral.
Remorse and heaviness of heart shall wait thee, / And everlasting anguish be thy portion.
Montague Thorold, who impatiently watched her wherever she went, came to tell her that his mother waited breakfast for her.
She did not question him. Before leaving, she asked only, "When will I see you again?" He answered, "I don't know. Don't wait for me, Dagny. Next time we meet, you will not want to see me."
I will wait / Even if it takes forever / I will wait / Even if it takes a lifetime
I had a very long wait at the airport security check.
They lay in wait for the patrol.
an enemy in wait
[…]as he returned home to his owne house, the waits should sound the hautboies all the way
Hark! are the waits abroad?
1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon The sound of the waits, rude as may be their minstrelsy, breaks upon the mild watches of a winter night with the effect of perfect harmony.
[…] the waits begin their rounds, and going from house to house, […] they sing carols and Christmas hymns until […] another Christmas-day has dawned.[…]
- And so I went upstairs— - Wait. Your house has two floors?
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