But, having no desire for their company, he resolves not to wait for them, but to go off alone, if possible, whether it be to his gain or hurt.
Do you not know about grim Death, who desires and covets all things, and everywhere lies in wait for what is best, do you not know what mad act she has committed to-day, as it is her wont to do?
When Alexander saw them coming, he stopped to wait for them, without failing to observe what course was taken by those who were making their way back to the town.
The knight, for his part, was pleased that she did not care to wait for him to help her to dismount.
You have done well to wait for Erec, the valiant knight.
When morning dawned Usanga could scarce wait for an opportunity to put his scheme into execution, and the moment that he had eaten, he called several of his warriors aside and talked with them for some moments.
The girl wondered what the purpose of the second stake might be, nor did she have long to wait foran explanation.
His knowledge of the ways of the denizens of the water told him where to wait for Pisah.
When they had proceeded about two miles up the valley, Ransome stopped the cab, and directed the driver to wait for them.
By-and-by, feeling rather drowsy, he lay down in his clothes to wait for Ransome's return.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.
Nitschmann wrote to Zinzendorf, begging him to come to London, and interview the Trustees, but advised that he wait for Oglethorpe's return from Georgia some nine months later.
Later he wrote that the company had decided not to wait for Nitschmann's reply, but to clear the garden on the terms usual in Georgia, e.
With a promising field in sight, and eager to commence work in it, they were obliged to wait for Oglethorpe's permission, and Oglethorpe was very busy on the frontier establishing the outposts for which his regiment had been brought over.
At Beauvais they stopped two hours, as well to breathe their horses a little as to wait for Porthos.
Count, Count," added she, "you know that I wait for you.
Treville; "and if at the expiration of ten minutes you do not see me come out, return to my hotel, for it will be useless for you to wait for me longer.
I would prove it by asking you to get into the carriage and drive with me for a quarter of an hour, while I wait for my mother-in-law.
We are to wait forher in the park, where my husband is to bring her to us.
He had been too bewildered to stop them, but now he felt ready to wait for them at the gate.
The Bellegardes have been used to set the example not to wait for it.
And you, Bernard," said Edmee, "will you give me your word of honour to wait for me here?
I almost died at being obliged to wait for revenge.
All I ask is that she will be kind enough to lend me a fresh horse and a guide, so that I may return to the place where I presume my people may have gone to wait for me.
He thus knew all the discourse which passed between them and the strangers; and lying in wait for them by night, he took the Crotonian with his letters, the ambassadors of the Allobroges acting secretly in concert with him.
He thought it sufficient to surround them, so as to prevent their flight; and what inclined him still more to wait for daylight, was the consideration that his troops were much better than the enemy's.
When la Peyrade reached the courtyard of the municipal building, he was accosted by Madame Lambert, who was lying in wait for him.
Did one go down and wander about the house looking for the breakfast-room or wait for a gong?
It flashed upon me that it was myself she had been lying in wait for.
Therefore she went into that natural harbour to wait for a few days in preference to remaining in an open roadstead.
I am asking you to wait for me in my house till I am at liberty to talk this matter over.
He would write her again telling her that his decision was unchanged, begging her to say she loved him, pleading with her to wait for him.
I am willing to wait if you will only promise to wait for me.
I know Sam and the rest won't wait for us at the clam-man's much longer.
His coming could mean but one thing: his father had still refused consent and he had come to tell her so and to beg her to wait for him in spite of it.
Since there was nothing more to wait for, and the hour was getting late, they rose, took their hats, and departed.
On going out of the room Mariana managed to whisper to Nejdanov: "Wait for me in the birch grove at the end of the garden.
Have a game of ecarte till I come back, unless you would like to wait for me.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wait for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
