Home
Idioms
Top 1000 Words
Top 5000 Words


Example sentences for "waited upon"

  • He waited upon me very civilly to the door, and told me, 'What I do is in the name of the clergy and laity of the city of Bristol;' and so we parted.

  • Seated on his car he is waited upon by damsels of the most beautiful features and agreeable manners, and commands all articles of enjoyment.

  • Bathing in Punaravarta-nanda as also Mahananda, a man of restrained senses and universal compassion repairs to the celestial gardens called Nandana of Indra and is waited upon there by Apsaras of diverse tribes.

  • Waited upon by his disciples and possessed of tranquil soul, that foremost of Brahmanas was young in aspect.

  • Verily, he resides in a superior abode, waited upon by such celestial damsels, for years as countless as the sands on the shores of Ganga.

  • He bade them wait; and told them that the people waited upon Christ a long while before He spoke.

  • It was in a morning, before he was dressed, and one Harvey, who had come a little among Friends, but was disobedient, waited upon him.

  • But the Lord, whom we waited upon, was with us, and His power went over them all; and His blessed Seed was exalted and set above all.

  • They took delight in beholding diverse beautiful lakes of limpid water and shining all round with lotuses and lilies.

  • And Nala of unbaffled prowess, having comforted his brother thus gave him permission to go to his own town, having embraced him repeatedly.

  • Somaka said, 'Without this Brahmana here, I desire not go to the blessed regions.

  • Just at that moment he reached a lonely dilapidated house, and saw a single old woman in it; so he gratified that old woman with a present, and lived unobserved in that broken down old house, waited upon respectfully by the old woman.

  • And without deigning to address him, the graceful lady sat down on a sofa in the inner part of the house, waited upon by thousands of women.

  • That king, shaded with his white umbrella, shewed as if waited upon by the moon, delighted at having outdone the splendour of the sun.

  • Mrs. Marchmont had lately grown fretful and capricious, and did not care to be waited upon by any one except this woman, who had known her from her childhood, and was no stranger to her darkest moods.

  • 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.

  • They took him upon those terms; and the gentleman who had been accustomed to ride in his own carriage, and be waited upon by servants, now roasted oysters and went of errands for common seamen.

  • When she answered in the affirmative, he started up and exclaimed, "It is against my principles to be waited upon by a slave.

  • After dinner I waited upon a young gentleman who was under the care of a very respectable merchant, to whom I had the good fortune to have letters of introduction.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "waited upon" 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:
    backed shrike; behind her; certain places; dead whale; debating society; floating island; full retreat; grave tone; harm done; how often; moral virtue; overwhelming majority; pastoral life; political affairs; profile view; recourse must; second year; sharp sword; succeeding times; under favour; waited for; waited till; waited until; waited upon; yellow fever