How to Use wait/just a minute in a Sentence

wait/just a minute

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• Well, wait a minute...you're the one who wants to move to Italy.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
• In the end, the kiss was cut down to just a minute and a half — still long, but nowhere close to a record.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
• Shake it up and wait a minute for the slush to melt before pouring.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2024
• And just stop everything else around you for just a minute.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
• 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
• But wait a minute, power in Hollywood … isn’t that … the Jews?
  — Jonah Platt, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Sitting and breathing slowly for even just a minute can help.
  — Mayo Clinic News Network, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
• Oxford coach Wes Brooks thought for just a minute when asked to reflect on his 2023 baseball team.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• Station stops rarely lasted more than a quarter of an hour, and often were just a minute or two.
  — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
• After shampooing, apply it to wet hair—then wait a minute and rinse it out.
  — Jenny Berg, Allure, 31 Dec. 2024
• In the clip, which is just a minute long, her wife Kirsten French is seen laying in a hospice care bed as a man holds up a phone for her to FaceTime.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• 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
• Remove from the oven, let cool for just a minute or two, and serve immediately.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Mohammed Kudus scored Ghana's opening goal just a minute later for a 1-0 halftime lead.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 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
• 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
• Super central, but still quiet and lush, the location is ideal for a weekend in the city, with bustling bars, shops, and nightlife just a minute away.
  — Megan Honan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2023
• Resurrection Christian cut it to one midway through the third quarter, but the Tigers responded with a 10-2 run to push it to nine with just a minute left in the frame.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• But wait a minute: Willy keeps on looking at the camera, and David keeps telling him to stop saying inappropriate things.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
• 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.
  — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 30 June 2023
• Hold his kids' hands as Dad. A Bucks staffer chased Lillard down and asked him to return to the locker room for just a minute, to discuss another performance for the ages.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• All this to say: Wear your sunscreen separately, wait a minute, then apply your makeup.
  — Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 27 Nov. 2024
• Germany tied the game on a penalty kick from star Alexandra Popp with just a minute remaining in regulation.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 30 July 2023
• Trump's staff tried to limit some calls to just a minute and asked that they be congratulatory in nature, not substantive.
  — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
• 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
• 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
• Norfolk manager Buck Britton called Rom into his office just a minute or two before the deadline on Aug. 1.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 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
• 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