wait
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Should I wait until 70 to claim Social Security so my wife gets more?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
He then explained that by swiping left, calls are placed in the stack requiring further triage by a nurse or paramedic, but a swipe right means they're in the wait for an ambulance.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Patients taking the Wegovy pill must wait a half-hour before eating while those on Foundayo don’t have to, but doctors say that hasn’t been a major deterrent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has worn the same olive-green field clothes ever since, because there is a war on and a suit can wait.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Deputies will wait here until you go,” the sheriff sneers before sauntering toward the sandy-haired man.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
As everyone waits to see how the bill fares in the Senate, below is a rundown of how a range of industries view proposals to “lock the clock” and “ditch the switch” by entrenching DST.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Longer waits allow more children to watch the movie for the first time in theaters, while adults cultivate nostalgia for a film they loved as kids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Time waits for no one,” as the Stones once sang, but apparently that doesn’t apply to the “World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Attendees described long waits in exposed areas, limited shade and difficult conditions navigating a sprawling event designed to showcase the country’s semiquincentennial.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The whole family waits for Abby, Jonathan thought.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Employees waited over five years for the board to decide whether they had been unlawfully removed from their positions.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
My younger brother waited until he turned 70 to start collecting a larger monthly Social Security benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Hairdresser Anabel Delgado waited for customers outside the salon where she works.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
A block away from the former Pfizer building, guests who had been evacuated from the Hampton Inn the day before waited on the street corner Wednesday morning to get inside to retrieve luggage and belongings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
I waited for my light, then hurried across.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
If your parents lived into their 90s, you may be better off waiting.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Each side has concluded its best course is to resume the conflict at a low level while waiting for the other to buckle, analysts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
George Atef, a 38-year-old Egyptian civil servant in Kuwait, said: "What exhausts me most is not knowing when this situation will end -- the waiting itself has become draining."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
It was a message for the government and a new prime minister in waiting.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
She’s waiting for Him now, as she steps through the dewy grass.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing wait
