How to Use waiting room in a Sentence

waiting room

noun
  • Two of them had even joined the waiting room early.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • And, maybe the greatest part was that there was no waiting room.
    Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • The waiting room music of the league.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Some received treatment for a day or two in the waiting room.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • How many patients should be allowed in waiting rooms at a time?
    oregonlive, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The boys sat in one waiting room and then another.
    Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The boys sat in one waiting room and then another.
    Andrew Jones, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The boys sat in one waiting room and then another.
    Andrew Jones, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • On the other side of the office door, his waiting room was full.
    Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The scene felt less like an unboxing video and more like a waiting room.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The clinic’s waiting room has begun to thin out for the day.
    Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • But then more and more people arrived in the waiting room in search of tests.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • In this instance, he had not been left in the waiting room the entire time.
    Dr. Roopa Farooki, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Namie stumbled out and joined his wife on the ground in the waiting room, praying.
    Stephanie Clifford, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The most difficult boyfriend seats, though, are those in waiting rooms.
    Longreads, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The visit doesn’t begin in a waiting room.
    Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026
  • Guests assemble in a waiting room and taste the hot water used for tea.
    The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In fact, she was even accompanied to the waiting room by a nurse.
    ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The clinic will include two exam rooms, a lab and a waiting room.
    CBS News, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Her parents slept in the waiting room of the hospital for three months.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • Yancy was in the waiting room with his dad, and started crying.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2021
  • What used to be the clinic’s waiting room now has a small stage where punk and hardcore bands come to play.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 23 June 2023
  • June returns to the waiting room, where Luke arrives with good news.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The front waiting room has a name —The Fermenter — and its own bar.
    Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Only now, the waiting room is a bit more crowded than before.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • What sort of chaos ensues in the waiting room after midnight?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In the waiting room is a gruff Rino, whom Lenù hasn’t seen in ages.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The waiting room guidelines were not carried out that day, Henke said.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The Botox provider summoned me from the waiting room quickly.
    Sarah Miller, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Because there were so many kids in the waiting room — about 20 other kids.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 June 2023

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