Waits

Word WAITS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
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Definitions and meanings of "Waits"

What do we mean by waits?

A delay.

An ambush.

One who watches; a watchman.

(in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.

(in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]

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The word "waits" in example sentences

Each one of those “Will they love it?” waits is a time for massive nail-biting/comfort eating/endorphin-producing-activity of your choice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Benjamin waits for him to finish then, quite rightly, pokes a large hole in this model. ❋ Hal Duncan (2007)

There will be certain waits and procedures that you'll just have to accept. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Stalin waits and hopes that the time will soon come when his Asiatic Barbarism can sweep over the ruins of Christian civilization. ❋ Unknown (1939)

But Stalin waits in the hope that Britain and France, Germany and Italy, will pound each other to exhaustion. ❋ Unknown (1939)

Not unsuitable in spirit are several existing tunes of the right measure -- like "Nassau" or "St. Athanasius" -- but in truth the "Veni, Sancte Spiritus" in English waits for its perfect setting. ❋ Theron Brown (1873)

As we are tackling the referendum issue, an interesting term waits for us in which people will be dragged into speculative investments. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We will abolish long-term waits on trolleys in A&E, slash waiting lists in hospitals, and eliminate the unfair and inefficient public / private divide by introducing Universal Health Insurance (UHI). ❋ Unknown (2009)

It must be so cold, so raw; and they never get appreciated, these so-called "waits" -- oh, if they only would _not_ wait, but go away somewhere else, how much more satisfactory for us all! ❋ Jenny Wren (N/A)

Through it all Bettinger has added phone reps to keep call waits to no more than 30 seconds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was leafing through a musical dictionary the other day and he came across a definition for "waits" - "They were these guys who went door to door, carolling, bringing you the news, telling you the time. ❋ Tim Adams (2011)

That word waits behind the centre and left wing, as it lingers at breastwork and redoubt. ❋ Various (N/A)

Ayub will remain unmolested until the arrival of the Kabul force, provided he waits, which is unlikely. ❋ Frederick Sleigh Roberts (N/A)

Excellency's business waits, which is an ill thing. ❋ Rafael Sabatini (1912)

Sir, Will you go down to Prayers? the Chaplain waits. ❋ Unknown (1682)

"There are some regions where staffing and the management of waiting lists at a local level have contributed to longer waits, which is why the director-general and I have been meeting with the statewide clinical networks to identify statewide solutions," Mr Lucas said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It appears there is only one person on shift making call waits pretty long. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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