Sentence examples for hanging in wait from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(1)

Exact(2)

The African false vampire (Cardioderma cor), which eats mostly large invertebrates, forages by hanging in wait, listening for its prey.

Hanging in wait.

Similar(58)

An operator suggests an active, purposeful, hands-on person engaging with a device or system; an attendant is more passive, sometimes just hanging around "in waiting".

One thing that really annoys me is all this crap about England hanging in and waiting for their best chance to win a Test, at Sydney.

So read the sign hanging in the waiting room of the psychiatric unit at Green Haven when Benjamin Schonbrun, a lawyer in a small civil rights practice in Los Angeles, visited the prison in May.

Being bought and sold like a commodity with your life hanging in the balance waiting for others to decide on your future.

Khan has narrated aspects of his biography before, yet in DESH he doesn't address the audience directly; his stories seem to be hanging in the air, waiting to be told.

For instance, one could have seen that one DSP was hanging in a task, waiting for a message to arrive, while its correspondent crashed or was itself hanging on a different task.

If food is readily available then it is common to see five or six insects hanging in the web waiting to be ingested.

I was hanging in the kitchen, waiting for more meat, when the teenager tsunami came raging in, all blathering, social-media buzz and general excitement.

The new Accuride/Gunite is home to numerous OSHA violations (including a collapsed floor that left workers hanging in the air, waiting to be rescued by the local fire department), and a drain on investment in this profitable company.

Show more...

Ludwig, your English writing platform

Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.

Student

Used by millions of students, scientific researchers, professional translators and editors from all over the world!

MitStanfordHarvardAustralian Nationa UniversityNanyangOxford

Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak quote

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak

CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com

Get started for free

Unlock your writing potential with Ludwig

Letters

Most frequent sentences: