How to Use wait on in a Sentence

wait on

verb
  • Don't wait on this deal, get on it now!
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • One hour is a long time to wait on these lines, but doable.
    — Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Don't wait on a sharp abdomen pain.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • No one yet wants to groom a kid who is still waiting on his growth spurt.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t wait on vendors or a third party.
    — Philip Martin, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Purpose waits on you to become who you’re meant to be.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Others had longer waits on the tarmac.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This is the train Link and his people couldn’t wait on any longer.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Still waiting on your tax refund?
    — Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Three points leaves a team waiting on other results.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • But Lee’s long wait on draft weekend might have made that chip even bigger.
    — Mike Kaye may 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2026
  • Both sides are now waiting on the judge's decision.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • For five games, the fans of nine teams don’t wait on the team to provide the energy.
    — Sam McDowell July 3, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
  • Teams bet on receivers and waited on linebackers.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Some fans have been waiting on this moment almost 30 years!
    — Essence, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Her friends were waiting on the sidewalk, smiling and holding hands.
    — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Senate launched the process last week, and is now waiting on the House to act.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Mendoza won’t play right away but the Raiders don’t have to wait on him to see the impact from this draft class.
    — ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Expect a wait on weekends and arrive early.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The news stopped waiting on May 11, 1996.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • That means more money for rent, groceries and gas without waiting on a tax refund.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • The staff would be up until midnight cooking, serving and waiting on them.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • City planners approved the project and are waiting on approval from the city council.
    — Emily Harter, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
  • Proposing a fix and having one are not the same thing, as anyone who has waited on a builder's promise can tell you.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • The group of women was ready and waiting on the opposite shore less than an hour after the warning.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Stakeholders waiting on pins and needles on the high court’s decision will have to wait a bit longer.
    — Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The staircase into the canyon consists of 273 stair steps that will be waiting on the way out.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In Hawaii, people waited on the phone for more than three hours in December.
    — Sam Whitehead, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The state is still waiting on results for bacteria that cause staph and campylobacter.
    — Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The players could be good and the runs intense, but if there are 30 people waiting on one court, that’s a no-go.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026

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