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Discover LudwigThe sentence fragment "was waited" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this sentence when you are referring to a certain action that has been done. For example, "He was waited on hand and foot by his team of servants."
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was waited
verb
To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
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Most of the time he was waited on by a German girl with a trim figure, blonde hair, and a quiet, patient face.
In the diner the stewart saw to it that the civilian was waited on directly, whereas the servicemen had to wait.
Maybe I arrived at the slowest time, but, like in France, I was waited on immediately, and the doctor and nurses could not have been more pleasant.
When playing the mother in "The Silver Cord" she was waited upon by delegates from a mother's club who wished to award her honorary membership for her excellent portrayal of the Great American Mother".
With Next Sensation predictably setting a strong gallop from the outset, Balder Succes was waited with in the hands of Wayne Hutchinson before looming up ominously in the straight.
I find it hard to believe that, from 18 June 1970 until his death 35 years later, when he was permanently guarded by Special Branch protection officers wherever he went and was waited on at all times by household staff and personal assistants, he could possibly have engaged in paedophile activity without their knowledge and connivance.
Similar(49)
"I was waiting.
The coffee was waiting.
Bouvier was waiting.
Mr. Bedini was waiting.
Bebe Rose was waiting.
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