How to Use patiently in a Sentence

patiently

adverb

• The Americans worked the ball patiently down the right to Tim Weah.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• Gawain finds the Green Knight in the forest and patiently waits for the monster to awake.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021
• Now, the rest of us will just have to try to wait patiently for the new cutie's name to be announced.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 13 Feb. 2021
• Cats love to wait patiently for just the right moment to pounce.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2022
• The man steps toward the blackboard and patiently asks her again to read.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Grab a towel and walk into the dunes to rest on the sand and patiently watch Perseus.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 22 July 2024
• Sometimes, the predators must patiently wait for seals to pop through the sea ice.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• In the distance, a row of surfers are patiently waiting for their set.
  — Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Lexi kept her cool and patiently waited in the front seat.
  — John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
• Lane waited patiently and let the tom work closer to the oak tree.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
• The Good News: Still your troubled mind and patiently wait for God.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 1 Sep. 2022
• And Kusama fans around the world have been patiently waiting.
  — Gabriella Angeleti, CNN, 15 Apr. 2021
• While patiently waiting for a food clue, the birds will preen.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 25 Aug. 2020
• What would be your F9 tease for all the fans out there that have been patiently waiting?
  — Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2021
• Chester spent that time in the shelter patiently waiting for a home.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
• Bell, meanwhile, stood in the backfield and patiently waited for the ball to land in his arms.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2022
• On one side of the street, people wait patiently in line for the bus as fathers lead their children by the hand on the walk home.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• The Kennedys have never been fans of patiently waiting for a seat.
  — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2020
• Their dog, Billie, had waited patiently on a couch on the bus for the concert to end.
  — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
• In fifth place for the next eight laps, Fisher waited patiently to make his move.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• But Joseph patiently explained the physics behind it, and that stuck with her.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 24 June 2021
• Hundreds of ships patiently lined up for days while the world’s freight traffic just stopped?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• The episode ends with Knight taking Kasie to a shooting range, patiently talking her through the process.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2021
• There is often a scene of the author waiting patiently, against the dial tone, to sign in to AOL.
  — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
• The children wait patiently, some dressed only in shorts and T-shirts.
  — Linda Nordling, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2020
• From there, she was put on bed rest and has remained there, waiting patiently to get to 28 weeks.
  — Essence, 9 Aug. 2021
• In the video, Salma gets body makeup and oil applied in a skin-tight dress while her pup looks on patiently from the corner.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 9 Feb. 2023
• Then, turn the compost with a pitchfork or shovel at least once a week and patiently wait for the process to be complete.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• For now, like the rest of us, Alaska is patiently waiting for the world to get back to some version of normal.
  — Tanner Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2021
• Eating was a protracted and social process, too, each of the three courses patiently revealed and explained by the chef and sommelier.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 11 Apr. 2025