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Example sentences for "waited for"

  • But he held off too long; he waited for something.

  • I waited for him to call out again, but he did not, so I went down-stairs.

  • Mr. Trautman, who was a large and genial German, waited for a time, whistling under his breath.

  • As for Sir Richard Devine, he waited for no one, for upon reaching his room he had fallen senseless in a fit of apoplexy.

  • Frere, with Sylvia in his arms, waited for her.

  • Mr. Jaggers, looking shrewdly at me, and then shutting up his eyes while he waited for my answer.

  • He waited for me to declare that I quite understood that he expressly said that he admitted nothing.

  • We waited for Wemmick, and he made no sign.

  • They returned across the river and waited for him.

  • If you hadn't meant to, you'd have spoken to me, or waited for my father to come back.

  • Talking fast, he waited for her to come back to Fleur.

  • Where was that old feeling in the heart as he waited for one of those great singers?

  • Then we waited for a long minute, hearing the tramp of the coming men, and their loud talk and laughter as they boasted of their prize.

  • He was going; but I waited for a moment, half expecting to see a spear point come first, and my hand was on my sword hilt.

  • And I waited for wind to take me westward.

  • Then they set places for both of us, and we waited for Guthrum's word.

  • Thou com'st to cheer my waning age, Sweet vision, waited for so long!

  • I waited for a favorable opportunity, however, before making the remarks which follow.

  • And then Uncle Sam, to divert my thoughts, while I waited for signal to say good-by, told me how Firm got a slight twist to his nose.

  • It would have been below me to pursue the subject, and I waited for others to re-open it; but I heard no more about her until I had been for more than a week at sea, and was able again to feel interest.

  • And being so unable to settle for myself, I waited for something to settle it.

  • Major Hockin's breath was short, through too much talking without action, and he waited for a minute at this door, to come back to his equanimity.

  • He waited for a while, and then arose and stepped to the top of the sand hummock behind which he had been lying.

  • He waited for a little while to let them gain their distance and for the second time wiped his forehead with his shirt sleeve; then, without ever once letting his eyes leave them, he climbed the fence to the roadway.

  • He waited for a moment, as though for Barnaby to speak, but our hero not replying, he arose and, putting away the bottle of rum and the glasses, crossed the saloon to a door like that from which Barnaby had come a little while before.

  • Of this he gave me hopes, and I waited for it with the greatest impatience.

  • As I stood in need of the little resource, and the event being doubtful, I waited for a definitive account with the greatest anxiety.

  • Instead of telling me what he had heard, said, or seen, relative to my affairs, he waited for my speaking to him, and even interrogated me.

  • Whilst I waited for an answer, I reflected upon my situation, and deliberated upon the steps I had to take.

  • I waited for you to volunteer an explanation of your presence there, but you never made any.

  • I waited for McIntyre to pick up Mrs. Brewster's fan.

  • He got the fan, however, and I waited for him to walk into the dining room before following Mrs. Brewster.

  • But that I waited for an opportunity to get my swag out of this safe, I wouldn't have been caught--curse you!

  • And as Sotillo, staying his raised hand, waited for him to speak, with the sudden flash of a grin and a straining forward of the wrenched shoulders, he spat violently into his face.

  • I subsequently ascertained, too, that he waited for reinforcements, a yell being raised in the ship, just as the sun appeared, which was answered from the forest.

  • Verdurin made Forcheville get into their carriage; Swann's was drawn up behind it, and he waited for theirs to start before helping Odette into his own.

  • His heart was pounding like mad with the anxiety, while he waited for results.

  • Jack pressed still closer to the other as he waited for a reply.

  • I waited for a moment, till the first burst of their merriment over, I should obtain a clue to the jest.

  • My opponent raised his pistol, waited for an instant, till the glove, having attained its greatest height, turned to fall again.

  • I waited for a moment, half expecting that Phineas, hearing my voice, would show himself, but he did not appear.

  • I waited for her; at last she spoke, with eyes averted and an unusual embarrassment in her air.

  • I waited for her to speak, but she said nothing.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waited for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another side; cavalry divisions; different subjects; dull voice; each case; eleven years; good gentlemen; long life; long room; one place; political officer; pollen from; said another; short walk; since first; still observed; taste for; though unable; twas plain; und die; waited for; waited till; waited until; waited upon; yellow ground