WAIT in a Sentence

Learn WAIT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for WAIT, such as:
1. I don't wait for moods.
2. Time and tide wait for no man.
3. One lie needs seven lies to wait upon it.
4. To know how to wait is the great secret of success.
5. Perhaps while you wait you would like a drink at the bar.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of WAIT
wait
 v.  wait before acting
 v.  stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Flushed and breathing hard, she sat down on a stump to wait for her father.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  If she had to wait much longer, Mammy would certainly come in search of her and bully her into the house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  Now, you wait right here till I come back, for I want to eat barbecue with you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
4  She could wait there until Ashley finished his adieux and then call to him when he came into the house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  "I wouldn't want to wait," she said and her eyes were veiled.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  He was willing to wait until her fears subsided, only--only-- He sighed as he twisted about seeking a comfortable position, for he was going away to the war so very soon.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
7  But men who expected to die within a week or a month could not wait a year before they begged to call a girl by her first name, with "Miss," of course, preceding it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  Yes, she could wait, could let Melanie have her happy hour of squeezing his arm and crying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
9  Sherman did not wait for Hood to get himself in readiness to attack.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  Impossible to do anything but sit with hammering heart and wait for Rhett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  As Scarlett sat down, he mumbled: "We will wait for Mrs. O'Hara."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
12  But she went without the shawl, for it was upstairs and her need to see Ashley and lay her troubles before him was too urgent to wait.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
13  The lawyers and doctors would go back to their professions and wait for clients who might never come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
14  She wasn't going to sit down and patiently wait for a miracle to help her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
15  "I hear you couldn't even wait two weeks for me," he said and gave a mock sigh.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I am not a bit anxious about my battles, If I am anxious I don't fight them, I wait until I am ready.
2  Now, wait a moment - I don't agree with that.
3  They have to wait for clearance from air traffic control.
4  There was nobody behind/on the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served.
5  If you get to the restaurant before us just wait at the bar.
6  Perhaps while you wait you would like a drink at the bar.
7  They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial.
8  If you understand the value of love and love you have given me I have to wait for the future.
9  One lie needs seven lies to wait upon it.
10  To know how to wait is the great secret of success.
11  Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.
12  Time and tide wait for no man.
13  Sail while the wind blows; wind and tide wait for no man.
14  I don't wait for moods.
15  I have but one lamp wait which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience.