"wait" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- If the weather gets too bad, the teams are forced to sit tight and wait for it to clear; a situation known as "lie up".
- The locomotive is then forced to stop and wait till the road is once more clear.
- Twice he was forced to stop and wait in the shadows while someone passed by only yards away.
- At every few steps they were forced to halt and wait for me, though I did my utmost to keep us with them.
- Travelers were forced to take shelter and wait for things to clear.
- Bo was forced to sit down and wait.
- The humans are forced to retreat and wait for the next attack, which they believe will be their last stand.
- I was forced to sit there and wait, trying to swallow my impatience.
- So Daniel had been forced to lock himself inside the ship and wait for it all to be over, one way or another.
- They are forced to sit and wait outside for 9 hours before being invited into the house.
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