Sentence examples for to waits from inspiring English sources
verb
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
Everybody who talks about Roberts -- from Wilson to Waits to Mets General Manager Steve Phillips -- mentions how much they like him personally.
The no-reservations policy leads to waits for breakfast on weekends that can run to more than an hour, and takeout is encouraged.
Ranchers must often truck their grass-fed cattle hundreds of miles to the nearest plant, and they face backlogs in the busy season that can lead to waits lasting many months.
Their push to change the law — a redo on a much-criticized bill passed in 2011 — was a response to waits of hours by voters in several counties and a flawed early voting program.
Seven councils admitted to waits of more than six months for promised help, with one local authority leaving an elderly person in limbo for over a year before their care package could begin.
Judge Steve White, who presides over Superior Court in Sacramento, the state capital, said a shrinking staff had already caused the number of service windows at family court to be reduced to 2 from 10, leading to waits of five to six hours.
