How to Use wait/just a minute in a Sentence

wait/just a minute

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• Shake it up and wait a minute for the slush to melt before pouring.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2024
• After shampooing, apply it to wet hair—then wait a minute and rinse it out.
  — Jenny Berg, Allure, 31 Dec. 2024
• One thing led to another, and in a matter of just a minute, the side of the house was engulfed by flames.
  — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
• But wait a minute, power in Hollywood … isn’t that … the Jews?
  — Jonah Platt, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Except, wait a minute, who was that small, stocky man bouncing out of the pack and suddenly leading cheers?
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
• Make sure to wait a minute or so for the cream to absorb into the skin, especially right before bedtime.
  — Jessie Quinn, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• Make sure to wait a minute or so for the cream to absorb into the skin, especially right before bedtime.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• For that kid to see me and Noah on the screen and go, hey, wait a minute, that’s someone like me on TV to watch it any time.
  — Scott Powers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
• Mohammed Kudus scored Ghana's opening goal just a minute later for a 1-0 halftime lead.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• But wait a minute — aren’t all these people in the business of selling multimillion-dollar real estate?
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
• Do a trial run by watering for a count of ten, and then wait a minute before checking how deeply the water penetrated with your finger.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
• Bots will be able to convincingly impersonate humans online and over the phone by cloning a person’s voice with just a minute of audio.
  — Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2019
• And this giant company—wait a minute, this is actually working to their benefit?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
• Pour a little cool or cold water over the grounds to wet them, wait a minute, then pour the rest through, preferably using some sort of filter to separate the water from the grounds.
  — Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
• The interesting thing was when Ted got in the car, his eye roll turned into, ‘Oh, wait a minute, Mom might have something right here.
  — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
• Senator, in just a minute here, quickly, Democrats say the former president is trying to take the reins of the entire democratic system here with these comments.
  — CBS News, 28 July 2024
• With just a minute remaining in the second half and Radford leading by three, a young fan burst out onto the court and began running around as players and coaches watched in confusion.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025
• Two models of the Pura 70 series sold out on Huawei’s official online store just a minute after their release, according to Reuters.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 May 2024
• Is that — wait a minute — the same parking lot where the infamous (and allegedly false) Nicole Kidman after signing the Tom Cruise divorce papers meme takes place?
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025