How to Use wait/just a minute in a Sentence

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• Shake it up and wait a minute for the slush to melt before pouring.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2024
• But wait a minute, power in Hollywood … isn’t that … the Jews?
  — Jonah Platt, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Sitting and breathing slowly for even just a minute can help.
  — Mayo Clinic News Network, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
• Oxford coach Wes Brooks thought for just a minute when asked to reflect on his 2023 baseball team.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2023
• Station stops rarely lasted more than a quarter of an hour, and often were just a minute or two.
  — Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
• The interesting thing was when Ted got in the car, his eye roll turned into, ‘Oh, wait a minute, Mom might have something right here.
  — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
• Mohammed Kudus scored Ghana's opening goal just a minute later for a 1-0 halftime lead.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
• Make sure to wait a minute or so for the cream to absorb into the skin, especially right before bedtime.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• Super central, but still quiet and lush, the location is ideal for a weekend in the city, with bustling bars, shops, and nightlife just a minute away.
  — Megan Honan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2023
• Resurrection Christian cut it to one midway through the third quarter, but the Tigers responded with a 10-2 run to push it to nine with just a minute left in the frame.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• But wait a minute: Willy keeps on looking at the camera, and David keeps telling him to stop saying inappropriate things.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
• Pour a little cool or cold water over the grounds to wet them, wait a minute, then pour the rest through, preferably using some sort of filter to separate the water from the grounds.
  — Jaina Grey, WIRED, 30 June 2023
• Hold his kids' hands as Dad. A Bucks staffer chased Lillard down and asked him to return to the locker room for just a minute, to discuss another performance for the ages.
  — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• Germany tied the game on a penalty kick from star Alexandra Popp with just a minute remaining in regulation.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 30 July 2023
• Norfolk manager Buck Britton called Rom into his office just a minute or two before the deadline on Aug. 1.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
• But wait a minute — aren’t all these people in the business of selling multimillion-dollar real estate?
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
• Two models of the Pura 70 series sold out on Huawei’s official online store just a minute after their release, according to Reuters.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 21 May 2024
• And this giant company—wait a minute, this is actually working to their benefit?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024