How to Use patiently in a Sentence

patiently

adverb

• The Americans worked the ball patiently down the right to Tim Weah.
  — Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• Gawain finds the Green Knight in the forest and patiently waits for the monster to awake.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021
• Cats love to wait patiently for just the right moment to pounce.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2022
• The man steps toward the blackboard and patiently asks her again to read.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Grab a towel and walk into the dunes to rest on the sand and patiently watch Perseus.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 22 July 2024
• Sometimes, the predators must patiently wait for seals to pop through the sea ice.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
• In the distance, a row of surfers are patiently waiting for their set.
  — Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
• Lane waited patiently and let the tom work closer to the oak tree.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 9 May 2024
• The Good News: Still your troubled mind and patiently wait for God.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 1 Sep. 2022
• Chester spent that time in the shelter patiently waiting for a home.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
• Bell, meanwhile, stood in the backfield and patiently waited for the ball to land in his arms.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 30 Sep. 2022
• On one side of the street, people wait patiently in line for the bus as fathers lead their children by the hand on the walk home.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
• In fifth place for the next eight laps, Fisher waited patiently to make his move.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• But Joseph patiently explained the physics behind it, and that stuck with her.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 24 June 2021
• Hundreds of ships patiently lined up for days while the world’s freight traffic just stopped?
  — Abc News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2023
• The episode ends with Knight taking Kasie to a shooting range, patiently talking her through the process.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2021
• From there, she was put on bed rest and has remained there, waiting patiently to get to 28 weeks.
  — Essence, 9 Aug. 2021
• In the video, Salma gets body makeup and oil applied in a skin-tight dress while her pup looks on patiently from the corner.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 9 Feb. 2023
• Then, turn the compost with a pitchfork or shovel at least once a week and patiently wait for the process to be complete.
  — Samantha Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
• The film was shot in Hartford in late 2021, and the many locals involved have been patiently waiting to see the results.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2024
• You are not used to the elite view on Draft Day, patiently/anxiously awaiting the right pick to fall to you or for the right deal to move you up or out of the round.
  — The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
• After waiting patiently for the past four years, the series promised to make the finale the biggest one yet.
  — Ebony Williams, ajc, 30 Aug. 2022
• Viewers will also have to wait patiently for a second season of The Last of Us.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• Now the team will wait — patiently, of course — for their $185 million ace’s return to the rotation.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Matt listened patiently, not pressing her about the curfew or the guy friend.
  — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• There was the nurse who patiently cleaned her up after she was covered in vomit and blood.
  — John Blake, CNN, 11 Mar. 2022
• The wait times were long and yet the hikers, the hippies and the locals waited patiently for a table, sometimes for hours.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2022
• Fans have been waiting patiently for the return of the show, which last aired on Netflix in July 2019.
  — Frank Pallotta, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
• The late-day Irish light was failing as Mr. Caponigro waited patiently for the deer to show up.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
• Claire is kinda judgy but keeps asking questions, and Lord John patiently answers her.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025