How to Use wait out in a Sentence
wait out
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But when the weather turns again, the petals curl up and wait out the cold front.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2022
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Both teams had to head to the locker rooms and the fans had to move to the concourse to wait out a 40-minute delay.
—Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
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After some small talk, Cook invites the man to wait out the delay with him in the first-class lounge.
—Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022
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Fans who decide to go to their cars to wait out the rain will be allowed back in the speedway.
—Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2024
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The first-round pick could have played the past two games, but Kansas City opted to play it safe and wait out the bye week.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 6 Nov. 2022
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There were lightning strikes near the course as the long delay was waited out.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
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The local students went home to their families to wait out the storm.
—Mariette Williams, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
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The children often spent days below deck in the dark, waiting out storms while the boat pitched and heaved.
—Laurie Hertzel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
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With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
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The microorganisms have learned to wait out the heat of the day in a dehydrated, dormant state.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
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But there are plenty of spots around Wrigleyville to eat and drink before the game (or wait out a rain delay) — here are our picks.
—Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
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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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Even amid food shortages and the pervasive threat of death, Mona and Ayman were hoping to stay in Gaza and wait out the war.
—Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2024
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In 1779, the captain decided to wait out the winter in the Hawaiian Islands.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
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However, with the Big 3’s presence in Texas not as strong as in regions like the Midwest, the state may be forced to wait out a strike.
—Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
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Those with hourly jobs might not be able to take time off to wait out a storm advisory in a shelter.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 10 May 2023
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As the Orioles waited out last week’s lengthy rain delay against the New York Yankees, an idea was hatched.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
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Then Moore got inside his storm shelter and waited out the twister, which came within 300 yards of his house.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
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Holmes is down to nine dogs and was one of the mushers sequestered at Shaktoolik for over 10 hours trying to wait out the wind storm.
—Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2022
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Bucky wants to do it, but Buck is convinced that waiting out the war is his best chance of making it to his own wedding alive.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
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France took a beating at the card table from pitcher Matt Gage as the teams waited out more than a two-hour delay at the start.
—Andrew Seligman, Chron, 13 May 2023
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When the Black Death strikes the city of Florence in 1348, all bets are off — at least for a handful of nobles who retreat to a grand villa to wait out the plague.
—Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 10 July 2024
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The process used to be to wait out the storm, assess the damage and possible supplies needed, and then obtain them.
—Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2022
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Alexander and Andrea Campagna had a stocked fridge and plenty of time ahead of them to relax and wait out the storm on Friday.
—Shealagh Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Dec. 2022
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Officers waited out the storm and resumed the search when the aircraft returned.
—Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
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Train, who is also a firefighter, was going to wait out the storm on the island in Casco Bay.
—David Sharp, ajc, 16 Sep. 2023
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Train tracks had been washed out to the east and west of Johnstown, stranding the locomotives, but passengers stayed in the train cars to wait out the storm.
—Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
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Other motorists in eastern North and South Dakota opted to wait out the storm.
—CBS News, 24 Dec. 2020
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Students who were already on school buses were taken to the nearest building to wait out the storm.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
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There were only a few instances where patients wanted to go to the basement to wait out the air raid sirens that engulfed Kyiv.
—Anna Conkling, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2023
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