Sentence examples for told of waiting from inspiring English sources

Dimitri from Darien, Connecticut, told of waiting hours for news about his best friend's sister who was at the finish line, to finally learn that she missed getting hurt only because she had stepped into a bar to use the bathroom: "As she walked out of the bathroom the explosion had gone off and had blown out the windows of the bar".

He told of stones waiting for God to remember their names.

Many of themtired of being told to wait for freedom, justice, equality and respect felt that he articulated their complaints better than did the civil rights movement.

However, more common were stories told of long wait lists and delayed treatment when a child was in severe pain and not eating or sleeping properly.

"If the Democrats don't enact marriage equality now, after years of telling us to wait, wait, wait, it will cause a huge schism between the state Democratic Party and not just the gay community, but the entire progressive base," he said.

Consumers of education and welfare services in the inner cities -- most notably African-Americans -- grew tired of being told to wait for improvement that never came.

Feminism has a long history of being told to wait patiently for basic rights: that progress is too expensive, too difficult, and the country will get there when we can.

They are sick and tired of being told to wait and wait and wait as their future fades into nothingness.

Memories of being told to wait my turn and walk away from fights and ignore the bullies.

Blind people are tired of being told to wait for a mythical future where the technologies used in schools, businesses, government, and other services will be accessible to them.

"She's filming and so she doesn't want to have me around," he apparently told a group of waiting reporters.