waiting room
Example Sentences
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In Mr. Loznitsa’s vision, the waiting room is one place ideals go to die, or at least whimper.
There was a new nurse at Dr. van Veen’s and I spent a miserable, silent half-hour in the waiting room.
From Literature
In the face of a slow job market, rising housing costs and career ladders that increasingly resemble waiting rooms, starting a business before you need a job flips the equation.
She had to queue online in February; in a virtual waiting room, she learned she was 10,000th in line.
The regular crowd shots of the waiting room too often reduce the afflicted into a zombie-like horde bent on making life more difficult for our beloved medical staff.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
