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Example sentences for "would wait"

  • He would wait until the traces of devastation without were removed, as far as possible; he would wait until he was able to obliterate the traces left within him by this experience.

  • Eric avoided enlightening him now in regard to the meaning of the parable; he would wait.

  • He would wait quietly, until the question was asked him, in order then to make his resolute decision of some account.

  • As I was on the point of leaving, he inquired where I was going to, and I answered that I was going back to Pryor's house, where the general was, when he remarked that if I would wait a moment he would go along.

  • I told her that I would wait on her at any hour or hours; and this, indeed, was the least I could do for the woman who had been so kind to me.

  • An officer came out to tell me that the admiral was writing in bed, and hoped I would wait.

  • The night passed off without my eyes being visited by sleep, and feeling weak and low I thought I would wait to see what ailed me, and refused to have my dinner, sending word that I was still very unwell.

  • Duc d'Orleans had already told the Duc de Noailles he would wait no longer.

  • Being tired out, he would wait no longer, and came home.

  • He would wait to make his claim until he could bring evidence that could not be disregarded--he would go to Mark Ashburn and force him to give him an acknowledgment which would carry conviction to every mind.

  • As far as she knew her own mind, she hoped he would wait a little longer.

  • He would wait until he was even more prosperous, more celebrated, before taking any decisive steps.

  • He would wait until a story was well under way, and then annihilate the point of it with a cutting cynicism and set the table in a roar of laughter.

  • The rector said he would wait, and not disturb him.

  • It may have been about half-past five, and I made up my mind that, rather than return and risk explanations, I would wait where I was until Mrs. Temple appeared.

  • Then the road doubled back from it, and presently the driver stopped at a spot where a narrow footpath struck down into the woods, and advised us to take it, saying that he would wait for us at its other end.

  • A would wait for B who was married but had no child, and B would wait for C who wasn't married but had a mother, and C would wait for D who was an orphan, and so on.

  • Next morning he was weary still: I would wait a little longer.

  • But the first day he was weary with his journey, and I was glad to get him back: I would not upbraid him then; I would wait till to-morrow.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "would wait" 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:
    certain limit; emerald green; good friends; here translated; high card; right enough; would agree; would cause; would choose; would fall; would follow; would gladly; would have given anything; would help; would indeed; would just; would not have been; would prefer; would propose; would remain; would reply; would seem; would succeed; would suffer; would undertake; would want