How to Use wait in a Sentence

wait

1 of 2 verb

• We waited for the sun to set before starting the fire.
• I hate waiting in long lines.
• Wait! Don't start the engine yet.
• I waited and waited but he never showed up.
• She waited behind after class to talk to the professor.
• They waited at the train station together.
• You should have waited a little longer. He showed up right after you left.
• I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. How may I help you?
• I know she was happy when I lost my job. She was waiting to see me fail.
• I don't have time to wait around. If he's not here in five minutes, I'm leaving.
• My soul has been waiting for his!
  — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
• The only thing left to do is wait.
  — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
• The tattoo could wait till the next day.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
• That spot will be there waiting for you.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 26 Feb. 2026
• Some things are worth waiting for.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
• Don't wait years for one big reveal.
  — Sinéad O'Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
• Hit the gray car that was waiting over here.
  — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• Bartenders and wait staff lost jobs.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
• No more waiting for the light bulb to turn on.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
• To wait, to have faith, and to suffer.
  — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
• Unable to wait for the four-hour soak time?
  — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
• There are no launch windows that wait for yeast.
  — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
• In complex parts, those waits stack.
  — Russ Bukowski, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Don’t wait for your first crisis to act.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2026
• Watson didn’t wait around to find out.
  — Milla Surjadi, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
• Don’t wait for the ending, though.
  — Dave Campbell, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
• Don’t wait until the last minute.
  — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
• Best to wait a day or two to get your true bearings.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
• Among them are bartenders, wait staff and food servers.
  — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
• Follow the prompts and wait for your phone to restart.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025

wait

2 of 2 noun

• Some things are worth the wait.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
• The long two-week wait is over.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
• So, it's just been a long wait.
  — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
• That would have meant a long wait.
  — Peter Bart, Deadline, 7 May 2026
• Munchkins, the wait may be over soon.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
• But the vibe is one of wait and see.
  — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2025
• And just like that, the wait to cry is on.
  — Barry Levitt, Time, 19 June 2026
• Praise God that his wait is over.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
• There is no wait time for anything.
  — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
• So just how long is the wait going to be?
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
• Fastpass solved the pain of long wait times.
  — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
• After that, the wait gets much longer.
  — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
• But a cap could reduce those wait times.
  — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• The wait is almost over (maybe).
  — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• Not quite — but the wait is almost over.
  — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 17 Jan. 2026
• The good news is, the wait is almost over.
  — Meg Walters, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2026
• Shortages have caused hours-long wait times.
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2026
• Shortages have caused hours-long wait times.
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2026
• For some, the wait will likely be worth it.
  — Matt O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• The lengthy wait only gave her fears more time to build.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
• The more people who want to ride, the longer the wait.
  — Robert Niles, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
• But how long the wait may last is now an open question.
  — Rob Wile, NBC news, 18 June 2026
• Built with the long view in mind, the house rewards the wait.
  — Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 27 Feb. 2026
• As such, wait times can reach two hours or more during a rush.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2023
• Trends have been bucked, decades-long waits have been ended.
  — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• Fans will have a much shorter wait for new episodes this time around.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• The wait is over for Rosalía fans.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
• On Wednesday, the wait came to an end.
  — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
• The second did not require much of a wait.
  — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 30 Apr. 2026
• The wait won't be too long to see cicadas in Ohio.
  — Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2026