How to Use wait out in a Sentence

wait out

verb
  • Along with Neville's dogs and cat, the group tried to wait out the storm.
    — Janelle Griffith, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But is there a bigger role waiting out there for him?
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But when the weather turns again, the petals curl up and wait out the cold front.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Instead, she and her husband were forced to wait out the worst.
    — George Solis, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • What makes more sense for TikTok users is to wait out the ban.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Some parents sent kids to live with relatives to wait out the plague.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • There were lightning strikes near the course as the long delay was waited out.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
  • As far as waiting out anything else around the league, there isn’t anything to watch.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Fans who decide to go to their cars to wait out the rain will be allowed back in the speedway.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024
  • The local students went home to their families to wait out the storm.
    — Mariette Williams, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
  • The empire’s forces just had to wait out the winter as the patriots slinked back south.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
  • Parents and friends in the stands tried waiting out the commotion.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Those with hourly jobs might not be able to take time off to wait out a storm advisory in a shelter.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 May 2023
  • The children often spent days below deck in the dark, waiting out storms while the boat pitched and heaved.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • But even Merrill could wait out the pitches that led to his four-pitch walk in the third inning.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • The Avs are good but won’t be elite while they’re stuck waiting out Gabe and Val.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
  • But there is something there that keeps me determined not to just wait out the storm—but to protect us in it.
    — Danté Stewart, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • After some small talk, Cook invites the man to wait out the delay with him in the first-class lounge.
    — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Otherwise, wait out the rush and stay to watch the MVP beat the drum.
    — Bob Gee, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
  • People got dressed and headed to the shelters, determined to wait out the cold for one more night.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Fitzgerald needs to wait out the waiver wire on Wednesday to feel good about his standing.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
  • All of them have histories waiting out there beyond those school borders.
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Both teams waited out the rain delay, which lasted one hour, 29 minutes.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Both teams had to head to the locker rooms and the fans had to move to the concourse to wait out a 40-minute delay.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Students who were already on school buses were taken to the nearest building to wait out the storm.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
  • And the Giants were only able to sign all three players by waiting out the market.
    — Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The clear answer was to look down the road, develop product for the future and wait out the market.
    — Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Not even the prospect of waiting out the year until the midterms provides much reassurance.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
  • What, if any, are the takeaways for regular people, those of us who simply wait out winter?
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026

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