- present participle of wait.
waiting
Example Sentences
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Phoebe said her parents lifted her back into her wheelchair to get off the train using the ramp, but staff were not waiting to assist her.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Uchimiya had arrived at work early Saturday and was waiting in his car outside Nobu Malibu, a high-end Japanese eatery known for celebrity sightings, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
When Neko Health offered to move me up the waiting list for a pre-launch scan, I took the $499 plunge.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
This is an interesting exercise for the filmmaker, surely, but the rest of us are stuck waiting for Iñárritu’s larger message to come into play.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
There’s a long line of people waiting to enter the grand opening of an African American museum.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
