How to use "wait" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "wait" in popular movie and book plots

  • Trentino surrenders, but Firefly tells him to wait until they run out of fruit.  - Duck Soup (1933 film)
  • The Pirate Lieutenant jeers but consents to wait to see if the ransom is paid by noon the next day.  - The Black Pirate
  • Gino and his partner Bobby Lupo wait to bust up a multimillion-dollar drug deal.  - Out for Justice
  • A wanted poster warns of a serial killer preying on children, as anxious parents wait outside a school.  - M (1931 film)
  • Unable to wait any longer, she leaves a note outside the convent to inform him that she is leaving for Rome with her opera company.  - Anthony Adverse
  • If she (a pretty young woman) can get off with a long prison term, he'll wait for her.  - The Maltese Falcon (novel)
  • Harvey settles in to wait out the war, when the war comes to him.  - Between Planets
  • The air-car's emergency system mitigates the resulting crash and Sam and the Old Man wait to be rescued.  - The Puppet Masters
  • The couple must therefore wait until that time to marry.  - Northanger Abbey
  • Mitaka quickly declares his intention to court Kyoko and states that he is very patient, and can wait until her heart is ready.  - Maison Ikkoku
  • At the same time, Yuki, deciding that she can wait no longer, steals Dom's van and guns, and rushes into the store with Yutaka in tow.  - Megatokyo
  • He declares that he will wait for her as long as necessary in the street outside Higgins's house ("On the Street Where You Live").  - My Fair Lady
  • Marlow has to wait for ten days in the Company's Outer Station, where he sleeps in a hut.  - Heart of Darkness
  • The fugitives resolved to stay in the house and wait for the arrival of the King's men.  - Gunpowder Plot
  • Nearby, Shu Lien and Mu Bai convince Lo to wait for Jen at Mount Wudang, where he will be safe from Jen's family, who are furious with him.  - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • To appease her, he tells her to wait ("that's what virgins do best, isn't it.  - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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