wait on

Example Sentences

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In the small town of Maniabandha, a two-hour drive from Bhubaneswar, patients wait on plastic chairs.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

But the question of whether it made cynical sense to hack the situation’s geopolitics stuck with me: Should people wait on war developments to book their flights?

From Slate • May 12, 2026

“I will not wait on events while dangers gather,” he declared to Congress, laying the groundwork for preemptive action.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 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

Her afternoon naps grew shorter, which meant that Ophie was forced to wait on the old woman.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland