wait on

Example Sentences

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In the small town of Maniabandha, a two-hour drive from Bhubaneswar, patients wait on plastic chairs.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

But the question of whether it made cynical sense to hack the situation’s geopolitics stuck with me: Should people wait on war developments to book their flights?

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Which is odd, since many also counsel women that if they’d only wait on their husbands hand and foot, they’ll be rewarded with affection and gifts.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

“Copy, yeah, we prefer to wait on a gate, but I mean, again, we only got so much time here because there's still a bit of an odor in the back of the airplane.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“I’ll wait on you outside, Louisiana,” said Burke.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo