Words similar to waited

Example sentences for: waited

How can you use “waited” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

She took a seat at an empty desk in the editorial department and waited for some work to arrive.
I plugged in my e-mail address and the zip code of some obscure FBI building in Washington and waited for the e-mail reply telling me to go away.
The Wall Street Journal waited until the day after Desert Storm opened fire to run its profile of Norman Schwarzkopf.
Northerners were also amused at a Southern matriarch's saying to a tardy arrival at the dinner table, We've waited for you the way one pig waits for another.
It's also a little surprising that Viacom has chosen to sell in 1998, rather than taking advantage of the big tax savings that the law provides had the company waited a year and then spun off the publishing assets into a separate company.