Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "waited until"

  • We waited until it was dark before we attacked our meal, that the natives might not discover that we had eaten, and would give us credit for a wonderful power of endurance.

  • I waited until it was about ten yards off, when I fired, half expecting, however, to see the animal when the smoke cleared off still coming towards us.

  • We waited until Tom's canoe came up with us.

  • I waited until I saw they had the Gatling guns along with them, and I drove then, as rapidly as possible, to the Union depot.

  • I waited until he had written the order, and he either wrote out a duplicate or wrote out two orders, I don't remember which.

  • I waited until my patience was exhausted, and I came home.

  • I was afraid this darned road would be tied up if I waited until morning.

  • On the other hand, if we waited until after I had been duly elected to get my divorce and marry Nancy my chances of reelection would be small.

  • It was a dirty, gray dawn, and we waited until it had done its best.

  • He waited until he saw her safely on the trolley car, and then drove slowly homeward in a state of amazement.

  • We took the early train for New York, and I waited until my stepfather was in his office and went into his private room.

  • There he beckoned to him, waited until he had reached his side, and whispering in his ear: "Talk to her and cheer her up, Breen.

  • I waited until I heard the breeze coming and then made a rush in the direction from which the breathing came.

  • I waited until it was utterly night and then, leaving my dogs behind, stole stealthily forward to prospect.

  • I waited until it had died down into a narrow flame, over which I held my hands till the thongs were charred; then, with a quick twist of the wrists, which caused my scorched flesh to flake off in shreds, I wrenched my hands apart.

  • You see I waited until my name was cleared, and it will soon be cleared now.

  • I heard the door snick, and then I waited until I saw a light in her bedroom.

  • I waited until he came to my compartment, and then I put to him certain questions regarding his passengers on the night of Sunday, the thirteenth, asking whether he remembered Professor Greer.

  • In patience I waited until one, and then returned home to luncheon, as was my habit.

  • So I waited until you, very fortunately, came, and allowed me to escape.

  • We waited until it was evident we were not to be disturbed.

  • I waited until I saw she was not going to speak.

  • At the Willoughby she let me help her descend from the electric, waited until I sent it away, walked beside me into the building.

  • I waited until it was reasonably sure that the Inter-Alia group had left the building.

  • Now about his bowels--" I waited until he had to draw a breath and made swift to congratulate him on his professional skill.

  • He waited until my partners had withdrawn.

  • When he became thirsty again, he waited until he reached a well; then he opened the last orange and there appeared a girl more beautiful than the first two.

  • Well, he waited until night-fall, and then he took his three apples and set out.

  • He waited until it was still a moment, seized the branch, and picked the apple.

  • I waited until it was all over, and then I ran back home and had a rare scolding for being out so late; but I did not mind that much, after knowing that you were all safe.

  • He waited until noon, by which time he thought that both detachments would have reached the posts assigned to them, and then gave the orders for the advance.

  • He waited until I passed in, locked the door behind us, felt his way to a window, the glow of some lights in the tenements opposite giving the only light in the room, and raised the sash.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waited until" 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:
    close proximity; excluded middle; female slaves; former lecture; great secret; judicial district; one corner; play cricket; printed from new plates; proceed further; pueblo architecture; quite likely; slow growth; small building; soft water; thou refuse; three dollars; waited for; waited till; waited until; waited upon; warm bath; will venture; with her; young friends