How to Use wait out in a Sentence

wait out

verb

• But when the weather turns again, the petals curl up and wait out the cold front.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Jan. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 6 Nov. 2022
• There were lightning strikes near the course as the long delay was waited out.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
• Some parents sent kids to live with relatives to wait out the plague.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• The local students went home to their families to wait out the storm.
  — Mariette Williams, The New Republic, 2 July 2020
• 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
• 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
• The microorganisms have learned to wait out the heat of the day in a dehydrated, dormant state.
  — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 12 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In 1779, the captain decided to wait out the winter in the Hawaiian Islands.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Officers waited out the storm and resumed the search when the aircraft returned.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Several came prepared to wait out the line with foldable chairs and Renaissance tour fans.
  — Essence, 16 Sep. 2024
• The big picture: Photos show rising water across coastal roadways and boarded up businesses and homes as residents in the southern part of the state wait out the worst of the storm.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024