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Sentences starting with waiting

Waiting had been his chief occupation for months, and he scarcely knew what he waited for unless it was the passing of the hours. [13]
Waiting a moment, he tapped again. [11]
Waiting and remembering, and then with the Sheriff there the other--so quick, and all. [11]

Sentences ending with waiting

They had not yet said anything to each other, except how happy, how glad, how thankful they were to have each other again; then a sentinel passed, and she started up, exclaiming anxiously: "So late, so late; Zorrillo will be waiting! [10]
The doctor and Worthington and Fitzhugh were already there, and waiting. [9]
Willis kicked hard when it came to painting the oriel yellow, but an architect always takes it for granted he knows it all, and a--" "Fenelon," said Mrs. Cooke, "luncheon is waiting. [9]
And it pinches when a body's got a bill waiting. [5]
The Colonel's headquarters were dark, but in the kitchen a dozen tall men were waiting. [9]
We had a week of waiting. [5]
I made my way home full of forebodings, and in front of our door I saw my Forest uncle's horses in waiting. [10]
I found myself walking with Tom and Susan past hurrying travellers and porters to the Decatur Street entrance, where my automobile stood waiting. [9]
And he was waiting. [9]
No carriage was waiting. [5]

Short sentences using waiting

I am still waiting. [5]
She was not waiting. [4]
The accompanist is waiting. [11]
I was only waiting. [11]
I have patients waiting. [11]
David stood still, waiting. [11]
The sedan-chairs were waiting outside. [10]
There was no waiting now. [11]
Now came a waiting interval. [5]
At three-fifty-eight a waiting interval. [5]

Sentences containing waiting two or more times

And then--and then you can hear a wild laugh come out of the land, come up from the sea, come down from the sky--all waiting, waiting for something! [11]
They will be waiting, waiting for you! [10]
The Romany was waiting outside in the darkness not far away--watching and waiting. [11]
For life all through is but waiting for the end; and even when we have taken the last Sacrament and our eyes are dim in death then most of all must we take Patience, waiting for that we shall find beyond the grave. [10]
All are waiting; they know what is coming, and they are waiting waiting for the miracle. [5]
Medallion knew that the closed, barred rooms were the young man's; and he knew also that the old man was waiting, waiting, in a hope which he never even named to himself. [11]
Of course all the chairs were occupied now, and four men sat waiting, silent, unsociable, distraught, and looking bored, as men always do who are waiting their turn in a barber's shop. [5]
Now, in a room full of people, she was standing on a veille flourished with posies of broom and wildflowers, and Philip was there beside her, and he was holding her hand, and they were waiting and waiting for some one who never came. [11]
Perhaps there is no greater bravery than this sort of waiting, doing the daily duty and waiting. [4]
On Sunday, as I passed the Hotel Bristol, a crowd, principally English, was waiting in front of it to see the Prince and Princess come out, and enter one of the Emperor's carriages in waiting. [4]

More example sentences with the word waiting in them

When I've told you, then you must say whether you will have anything to do with it, or with me.... You remember," he continued, without waiting for her to speak, "you remember that day upon the Ecrehos--five years ago? [11]
It is easy, you say, for an outsider to preach waiting, patience, forbearance, sympathy, helpfulness. [4]
And besides, while you are waiting, Nature does not wait. [4]
Carmen had not yet come, and they were waiting for a cup of tea. [4]
So there stood yesterday's untouched supper waiting for her breakfast. [6]
After so many years of waiting and longing, he was mine at last. [5]
And another year ye shall labour, and get the fruits of your labour, and not stand waiting, as it were, till a fish shall pass the spear, or a stag water at your door, that ye may slay and eat. [11]
Captain Hawthorne's beautiful yacht, tastefully decorated, was in waiting, and the happy bride and her friends immediately departed on a bridal trip to Lahaina and Haleakala. [5]
If when I write, I were to think of the critics who, I know, are waiting for Currer Bell, ready 'to break all his bones or ever he comes to the bottom of the den,' my hand would fall paralysed on my desk. [14]
Waiting, in silence, would have been agreeable enough, for I was full of matter for reflection, and wanted to give it a chance to work. [5]
One more battle would have abolished the waiting chains of millions upon millions of unborn Russians and I wish it could have been fought. [5]
Ditmar, she knew, would be waiting for her, he counted on her, and she could not bear to disappoint him, to disappoint herself. [9]
Albeit methought it would be a happy chance if we might stand at the altar at the same time with Herdegen and Ann, Gotz's impatience, which had waxed no lesser even during his journeyings, was set against our waiting for my brother's coming. [10]
Kit's mother, poor woman, is waiting at the grate below stairs, accompanied by Barbara's mother (who, honest soul! [12]
He started down without waiting to get it loose, made the trip successfully, and was promptly hustled outside the limit-rope by the police. [5]
All the guns, without waiting for orders, were being fired in the direction of the conflagration. [2]
The streets swarmed with people, waiting impatiently to see the strange spectacle which the punishment of one of the king's wives, who had proved false and faithless, promised to afford. [10]
Nicholas dismounted, and with Natasha and Petya, who had ridden up, stopped near the hounds, waiting to see how the matter would end. [2]
Now send Cyrus with my shoes and cloak, and have my litter got ready, for Paulina has been kept waiting long enough. [10]
Denzil had come with her, and was waiting in the street. [11]
He greeted Andreas with cheerful kindness, and the freedman knew what he meant when, without waiting to be asked, he said: "We are out of the wood now; the fever has passed away. [10]
Carnac stood waiting with a smile on his face, for it seemed good acting. [11]
He stepped along with a chipper air, and flung himself into a doll's chair in a very free-and-easy way, without waiting to be asked. [5]
Mr Chuckster, sir, will you have the goodness to tap at the window for the constable that's waiting in the coach? [12]
The Flemish maid, who had opened the door, announced that a messenger was waiting outside with a letter which he could deliver only to the master or the mistress. [10]
I was struck, while waiting there, with what seemed to me a great want of care for the safety of the people standing round. [6]
The days came when the tender-hearted Miss Forsythe went about the house restless, impatient, tearful, waiting for a summons that was sure to come when she was needed. [4]
He knew that when she seemed most inert, most impassive to turbulent occurrences, most careless of consequences, she was but waiting till, in her own mind, her plans were grown; so that she should see her end clearly ere she spoke or moved. [11]
Granada, Granada, oh, when shall I see My love in thy garden, there waiting for me! [11]
And one day when he was waiting for papa I talked with him. [4]
Fabian was stunned when he entered the Louis Quinze and saw her waiting at table, alert, busy, good to behold. [11]
He knew not what it was, but it might be of importance, for he had seen Fellowes' handwriting on an envelope among those waiting for Jasmine's return home. [11]
No matter at what hour of day or night a train may arrive or depart at a country station in America, the loafers are so invariably there in waiting that they seem to be a part of our railway system. [4]
Sobieski touched Barry Whalen's arm, and they all stood waiting while a hand slowly opened wide the door of the little room, and, white with a mastered agitation, Byng appeared. [11]
Fran Van der Werff, you have been kept waiting a long time, please follow me. [10]
While the ladies were waiting in Megiddo, Pentaur and his red-bearded guide proceeded northwards with a small mounted escort, with which they were supplied by the commandant of Hebron. [10]
The waiting days were so long, the sleepless nights of uncertainty were so weary. [4]
All night there were groups of men waiting outside Ingolby's house. [11]
The domestic serfs were crowding in the hall, waiting to bid good-by to the young prince. [2]
To the north were booms of logs, swilling in the current, waiting for their devourer. [11]
All his nobles were assembled waiting for him there, welcomed him with loud acclamations, and fell on their faces to the ground before their king. [10]
As the days went by and nothing happened to break the monotony of his waiting and his fruitless search, he became despondent. [4]
Carlyle did not weep, but he scolded; Emerson did not laugh, but in his gravest moments there was a smile waiting for the cloud to pass from his forehead. [6]
We were all weary of waiting for you. [2]
She slowly and wearily entered the sitting-room, where her father was by this time waiting for her and his water. [10]
If we had, we should doubtless on that Sunday have been waiting, with the other law-breaker, for admission into the Yancey County jail. [4]
Next morning, as we sat in my room waiting for breakfast to come up, we got a good deal interested in something which was going on over the way, in front of another hotel. [5]
When we judged we had gone half a mile, we momently expected to see the guide; but no, he was not visible anywhere; neither was he waiting, for the rope was still moving, consequently he was doing the same. [5]
By the time we had done with these matters, which I wished to perdition, some score of applicants was in waiting for me. [9]
Prayer means that we desire to, and will, walk in the light so far as we receive it, even though with bleeding footsteps, and waiting patiently on the Lord, will leave our real desires to be rewarded by Him. [5]
A fourth bed was waiting ready for the Captain, but not one word had been heard of him, though inquiries had been made in the towns from and through which the father had brought his two sons and the lieutenant-colonel. [6]
Mr. Rogers's carriage was waiting for us in Jersey City and deposited me at the Players. [5]
The impatient painter was very tired of waiting, so, seating himself on a feeding-manger for asses which stood in front of the adjoining house, he presently fell asleep. [10]
While the doctor was trying to compel him to obey and enter the litter which stood waiting for him, he beat him back with his strong young fists. [10]
The man who was the worst hurt of all played chess while waiting to see this engagement. [5]
And how fair was the forlorn bride in these days of waiting and of weary unsatisfied longing! [10]
The gigantic man was seated on his golden throne; he was pale and his eyes looked sunken; two physicians stood waiting behind him with all kinds of instruments and vessels in their hands. [10]
After the operation was over, I followed her downstairs to where she was standing with her father in front of the building, waiting for their carriage. [9]
Anna Pavlovna's alarm was justified, for Pierre turned away from the aunt without waiting to hear her speech about Her Majesty's health. [2]
But how great was his surprise, upon opening his door one morning, some days later, to find the grateful poodle patiently waiting there, and in its company another stray dog, one of whose legs, by some accident, had been broken. [5]
Each of them was for untwisting the morning-glory without waiting for the sunshine to do it. [6]
The little room was empty, but Belotti did not keep him waiting long. [10]
As General Wolfe was about to enter the boat which was to convey him to the flag-ship, he saw McGilveray, who was waiting under guard to be taken to Major Hardy's post at Point Levis. [11]
Another said there was a vast fortune waiting for the genius who should invent a compass that would not be affected by the local influences of an iron ship. [5]
The long waiting was a sore trial, yet laughter was often upon her lips henceforth. [11]
They had been warned that the river Indians were as ferocious and pitiless as the river demon, and destroyed all comers without waiting for provocation; but no matter, Joliet and Marquette struck into the country to hunt up the proprietors of the tracks. [5]
But Barbara was warned and, difficult as it often was for her to withstand the humble entreaties to which the old lady in waiting frequently condescended, persisted in her refusal. [10]
I talk the war with both sides--always waiting until the other man introduces the topic. [5]
After an hour's waiting, we dream on again, and, before we know it, come out of our cold doze into the cold dawn. [4]
So, watching and waiting, Venters let the time wear away. [13]
Count Luigi was waiting, too; but not patiently, rumor said. [5]
While he was waiting, Titianus remembered the young sculptor Pollux, whose acquaintance he had made, and his mother in the pretty little gate-house. [10]
Two hours of waiting, then came a scene which is burned into my brain. [11]
As he stood waiting, the wonderful, ample life of her seemed to come like a wave towards him. [11]
After years of waiting, it was before me at last. [5]
Paris, too, is waiting, and a good cuisine in a cheery menage. [11]
After four years' waiting, after a bitter quarrel in which both had been to blame, he was coming from the mining town of Selby to marry her to- morrow. [11]
I have been waiting your coming these months. [9]
She, however, was waiting with ardent longing for another, so her sole answer was a troubled shake of the head. [10]
Was the man waiting to see what course he himself would take? [11]
Susan and Jane, waiting to give her comfort when she was recovered a little from this unknown but overwhelming affliction, were fain to stand mute when they saw her to pay a silent deference to one whom sorrow had lifted far above them and transfigured. [9]
He had been waiting to get in this word. [9]
Why was he waiting so long? [4]
They had been waiting several hours, and had still many arrangements to make. [10]
I had been waiting several days for her, purposing to return to St. Louis in her. [5]
There was a waiting pause; then, at a signal, a triumphant peal of music burst forth, and Tom Canty, clothed in a long robe of cloth of gold, appeared at a door, and stepped upon the platform. [5]
Four bearers were waiting outside with the sedan-chair, three servants with torches, and two stout attendants carrying clubs over their shoulders. [10]
As we stood waiting on the platform, a telegraphic message was handed in silence to my companion. [6]
But the longest waiting must end. [11]
After a brief waiting Krool entered the room with irritating deliberation and closed the door behind him. [11]
The fourth bed, waiting its tenant day after day, was still empty. [6]
I found him waiting in the passage, and took him by the hand. [9]
Finding Madame still waiting in the gallery, I asked her to direct me thither. [9]
As they stood waiting in irresolution a grave man of middle age and a disinterested manner sauntered up to the travelers, and slipped into friendly relations with them. [4]
What are they waiting for? [5]
What are you waiting for? [2]
What are you waiting for? [11]
It is all waiting for you. [11]
I was only waiting for you to give me a chance. [5]
The cash is waiting for you somewhere, and it'll turn up, be sure of that. [11]

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