wait on

Example Sentences

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Which is odd, since many also counsel women that if they’d only wait on their husbands hand and foot, they’ll be rewarded with affection and gifts.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

Discovery, but increased content investments and competition mean investors should wait on the sidelines for now, says a Wells Fargo analyst.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

“Copy, yeah, we prefer to wait on a gate, but I mean, again, we only got so much time here because there's still a bit of an odor in the back of the airplane.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Forest made their hosts wait on the pitch almost four minutes before emerging for the second half, Tottenham will have wished they had stayed in the dressing room.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Each morning, a gaggle of them would wait on the water for Brightbill to lead them into the sky.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown