queue

Example Sentences

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Brian Leonard did not expect to be queueing outside of Hatton Garden Metals last week, but he was happy to wait anyway.

From BBC

AFP images from Sunday showed ambulances queued up on the Egyptian side preparing to receive medical evacuees, who were expected to be the first groups allowed out.

From Barron's

"I think people were a little bit apprehensive - what's the catch? But actually the queue gets longer each week, as word spreads that this is for everybody," she said.

From BBC

The following day, Cubans were queueing up in long lines at gas stations in Havana.

From Barron's

An attendant kept track of each seller's position in the queue, and helped to deposit ornate pendants, hammered rings and commemorative coins into an opening in the device.

From Barron's