How to Use just (you) wait in a Sentence
just (you) wait
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If these deals impressed you, just wait — this is only the start of what’s in store for your New Year.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Why not just wait a week and have the tribes divided evenly?
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
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And if that sounds like Johnson was being wishy-washy, well, just wait.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024
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Don't move, don't speak, and just wait until things get normal again.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
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If the engagement party is this good, just wait for the wedding.
—Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2023
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The White Sox could hold on to him until the summer or even just wait until next winter.
—Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2024
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But there is something there that keeps me determined not to just wait out the storm—but to protect us in it.
—Danté Stewart, TIME, 19 July 2024
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Incredibly, 25% would just wait to see if the symptoms went away on their own.
—David Ropeik, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
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The buses just wait there, with their Pakistani drivers smoking next to them.
—David Szalay, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
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Besides, the United States has the best competitor in the world, so just wait for another gold medal.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 26 July 2024
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However, don’t sit back in your comfort zone and just wait for new beginnings to come to you.
—Athena Sobhan, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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There's also a dog named Six Thirty that is such a scene-stealer (just wait until episode three).
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2023
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Right now, just wait the two weeks for your employee’s decision.
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 30 May 2023
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If your plant is drooping on a hot day, but the soil is still moist, just wait to water until the morning, after the plant has had time to revive.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
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Those who do don’t hug or celebrate, just wait, fidget and ignore.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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And just wait until Powell and Trump start dueling again.
—Brett Owens, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Ripple delivers a powerful message of hope: just wait for the rainbow, some of the best things in life can’t happen without the storm.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
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Don't try to recruit peers to referee your dispute -- just wait a few days until the drama settles down.
—Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
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But Silverman isn’t guarded about her private life, nor trying to hide in a moment when many other stars might just wait for the news cycle to move on.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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Urban Decay will continue to thrive in Naked's memory and honor—just wait and see.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 29 July 2024
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The key to harnessing this energy is to know your worth and take action to build your wealth, don’t just wait for money or opportunities to come to you.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
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The best conductors of Strauss’s tone poems revel in the quieter stuff, rather than seeming to just wait impatiently for the next blaring climax.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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But is this small snippet of what’s to come enough to justify buying a ticket when fans can just wait another month or so to watch these episodes without sitting through the recap?
—David Opie, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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There are reasons for both sides to pursue a deal, but there is also plenty of logic for both sides to just wait until free agency to have contract discussions.
—Tony East, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
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But just wait, mobile companies are saying: The next upgrade will gin up enthusiasm for advances still to come.
—Dan Strumpf, wsj.com, 25 Apr. 2023
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But that’s not terribly surprising, and just wait: Democrats will be more than happy to discuss Trump’s criminal record at length at next month’s convention.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
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But, again, the Niners can just wait until real contract negotiations start.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
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Sure, but just wait until you’re hooked on the unlikely story unfolding in a seemingly magical apartment.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2024
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If that plaintive figure sounds downright Victorian, just wait.
—Ron Charles, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
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But rather than just wait for the next climate disaster to land, Mr. Giantiano is one of 13 complainants looking to take legal action against the Indonesian government – part of a global trend of climate litigation based on human rights violations.
—Michael Taylor and Roli Srivastava, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 June 2023
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