How to Use wait in in a Sentence

wait in

verb
  • These bucks need to wait in line.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Actors who are not in a scene wait in the wings.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • One plane has to wait in the sky, another can come.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • The pair shook hands and shared some laughs with those waiting in line to see them.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But others are waiting in the wings.
    — Rachel Rebouché, The Conversation, 23 June 2026
  • Keep your grass short and clear out leaf litter and brush piles, since ticks wait in tall, damp growth.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • The Rainbow Scene is worth the wait in line, trust us.
    — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The guests appear to be waiting in a line with their luggage.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • And there was no flashy replacement waiting in the wings.
    — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • Motorists waiting in long lines at gas stations.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Parents picking up or dropping off kids will have to wait in the lobby.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Don’t waste precious first-day time waiting in your room for your phone to charge—bring a power bank.
    — Liz Zack, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026
  • Over the weekend, the wait in traffic to get through the park entrance was 1½ hours.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • People have been willing to drive further and wait in line longer to buy cheaper gas.
    — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 29 May 2026
  • No one is waiting in the wings to establish a burn unit or to train the state’s doctors.
    — Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • The first is to wait in the traditional standby line.
    — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
  • In the meantime, Maduro continues to wait in jail.
    — Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Is there another Lorne waiting in the wings?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The crowd was so thick that even Anna Wintour had to wait in line for her turn.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The fans were ready to go [by 2024], waiting in the wings more than ever.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • If and when one portal prospect turns a school down, the program has to have someone else waiting in the wings.
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • The move left thousands of fans who spent hours waiting in the online queue with nothing to show for their time.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
  • When did living in New York become all about waiting in lines?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 June 2026
  • The team brought Schlag to an ambulance waiting in a nearby field.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • She was surrounded by fans waiting in line to get their Outlander books signed.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 15 May 2026
  • There is no childcare available; children are not allowed to wait in the gym or lobby.
    — Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 31 May 2026
  • Anybody who chose this option had to walk past the altar to the front of the church, where the priest waited in a small room.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • The videos showed dense crowds waiting in organized lines with little movement.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 17 June 2026
  • That was thanks to people waiting in line for the store to open, and the same happened on Wednesday.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That presents a troubling quandary, considering who’s waiting in the next round.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 12 May 2026

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