Sometimes for many weeks have I had to wait upon God, to have this "need" supplied; but He has always at last helped.
All my business therefore is: to continue in faith and patience to wait upon God.
On this determination, seven officers and soldiers attended Cortes and Father Olmedo to wait upon Montezuma, to whom they communicated their wish, and their resolution to employ force if necessary.
As the chiefs of Cholula had refused to wait upon him, Cortes sent some soldiers to a great temple close to our quarters, with orders to bring two of the priests to him as quietly as possible.
I will call him dear grandfather, and I am sure he will send you some money then: perhaps he will send for us to go to Liverpool, and live in his great house, and have servants to wait upon us.
What would he say if she should tell him that her grandfather was a great Liverpool merchant, lived in a big house, and had lots of servants to wait upon him?
She will speak, but you must pretend to be dumb, as the note you bring with you will tell us; as also that you have come to wait upon us while we are bathing.
The doctor is the only one who knows what is the matter, and he tells me the swelling will be gone down before tomorrow, and I hope I shall be able by that time to wait upon you.
I began by writing to my chief creditor that I had decided to come to an agreement with them, but I wished them all to wait upon my notary, with witnesses, to put a formal close to the action and render me a free man again.
Suppose his merits were never so efficacious, yet if it could be proved that there is a loathness in him that these merits should be bestowed upon the coming ones, there would but few adventure to wait upon him.
To wait upon him is to keep his way, to walk humbly in his appointments.
The very naming of him under the title of Lord, bowed their hearts forthwith to come with joint readiness to wait upon him.
And various tribes of Gandharvas and Apsaras, devoted to music, both vocal and instrumental, wait upon Varuna, singing eulogistic hymns unto him.
The new landlord came into the country; and a few days after his arrival, old Frankland went to wait upon him.
Her mistress was a Mrs. Crumpe, a very old rich lady, who was often sick and peevish, and who confessed that she required an uncommonly good-humoured person to wait upon her.
And that weapon thence began to wait upon Arjuna as it did upon Sankara, the lord of Uma.
Thus, O sinless one, commanded by him and thy father also, I come to thee in order to wait upon thee, O slayer of foes.
Restraining jealousy, with deep devotion of heart, without a sense of degradation at the services I perform, I wait upon my husbands.
And while the sons of Pandu were dwelling in security in that place, many Brahmanas came towait upon them.
He had not even a child towait upon him, but prepared his food with his own hands.
The master of the house, who was particularly fond of sermons, entertained the preacher hospitably, and summoned his daughter, a girl some fourteen or fifteen years old, to wait upon him at dinner.
During their novitiate they are employed to wait upon the Oiran, or fashionable courtesans, in the capacity of little female pages (Kamuro).
To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.
She brought a slave to wait upon her, intending to remain at her father's until after the birth of her child, which was soon expected to take place.
He always insisted on blacking his own shoes; for it was one of his principles not to be waited upon, while he was well enough to wait upon himself.
In the year 1809, a gentleman from East New-Jersey visited Philadelphia, and brought a young slave to wait upon him.
Let the dinner, which you must wait upon to-day, have your constant services, then; for you and I shall never agree.
Accustom yourself, then, to wait upon her; it will teach you to wait upon others by and by; and in the meantime, it will give a graceful polish to your character.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wait upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
