We must make haste," Joyce said, "for father does not like to be kept waiting, and mother expects us home to tea.
Whilst any meal was being dished, he was to be present to prevent unnecessary noise and clatter, and he was to see that the cooks got the food ready in time, so that the brethren might never be kept waiting.
For the same reason officials, like the cellarer, the kitchener, and the refectorian were bound to see that all was ready in their various departments, so that the convent should never be kept waiting for a meal.
If the superior was prevented from taking his meals in the common refectory, he was charged to acquaint the next in office beforehand, so that the community might not be kept waiting by expecting him.
In which Pen is kept waitingat the Door, while the Reader is informed who little Laura was.
Such a sultan as he, could not afford to be kept waiting.
I know he would not like you to be kept waiting; can I be of any service to you?
Not only are others, who were themselves considerate, kept waiting, but dinner is dried and ruined for everyone else through the fault of the tardy one.
Such, a sultan as he, could not afford to be kept waiting.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kept waiting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
