Sentence examples for protracted wait from inspiring English sources
"protracted wait" is correct and usable in written English
It is used to describe a wait that is longer than expected or desired. For example, "After a protracted wait, we finally received news of the missing shipment."
In addition, because protracted wait times are unlikely to disappear in Canada and similarly structured health systems, supportive interventions designed to treat depression and reduce the physical and psychological stress of waiting may improve health status and quality of life in wait-listed patients.
One night, after a protracted wait, crags of house-made mango kulfi (a dense ice-cream-like concoction of caramelized condensed milk) arrived half-melted.
While DuPuy acknowledged that the protracted wait in finding the Expos a new home had been frustrating, he said it had worked to baseball's favor from a financial perspective.
While the protracted wait for the presence of an MLS team here in South Florida stretches on and on, the NASL, ever the chancers when it comes to identifying potential hotbed soccer markets, have made their move.
Discussing the protracted wait for results from the northwest corner of Indiana, Andrea Mitchell said on MSNBC around 10 15 p.m. that "we just don't have the raw vote".
But the director of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute LBHH Jakarta) and co-chair of Suaka (the Indonesian Civil Society Network for Refugee Rights Protection), Febi Yonesta, says as thousands have a protracted wait, the issue goes beyond stopping the boats.
To some experts, that suggests that Google could end up winning a protracted waiting game.
Rather than girding for combat, asking for discounts or storming out in a huff, consider a few ways to minimize (or at least cope with) protracted waits.
However, access to such care is limited because of high demand, limited capacity, lengthy wait lists and protracted, multiyear wait times [ 9].
The most likely scenario is a protracted waiting game, a hope that the caliphate implodes or that the medics become disillusioned by the increasing barbarism of Isis.
Air Canada, for example, which like many other airlines saw its schedule disrupted over the weekend, said it was forced to cancel selected flights to the United States beginning Monday because of "protracted waits for customer security clearance at Canadian airports".
