Sentence examples for were kept waiting from inspiring English sources

Patients were kept waiting while sales representatives were whisked in.

Taxis were kept waiting for hours outside pubs.

But they were kept waiting for several hours.

They were kept waiting outside while the case was being called and the remand ordered.

Natural allies were kept waiting in the wings while dissenting voices were invited upon the stage.

Guests were kept waiting for what I recall as the better part of an hour, standing in a dark room.

I do not wish to be kept waiting any longer.

His prospective new client, of course, is kept waiting.

The Turks have been kept waiting for decades.

Those ships cannot be kept waiting for a berth.

Otherwise, he would have been kept waiting a long time.