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Example sentences for "wait upon"

  • Sometimes for many weeks have I had to wait upon God, to have this "need" supplied; but He has always at last helped.

  • All my business therefore is: to continue in faith and patience to wait upon God.

  • On this determination, seven officers and soldiers attended Cortes and Father Olmedo to wait upon Montezuma, to whom they communicated their wish, and their resolution to employ force if necessary.

  • As the chiefs of Cholula had refused to wait upon him, Cortes sent some soldiers to a great temple close to our quarters, with orders to bring two of the priests to him as quietly as possible.

  • I will call him dear grandfather, and I am sure he will send you some money then: perhaps he will send for us to go to Liverpool, and live in his great house, and have servants to wait upon us.

  • What would he say if she should tell him that her grandfather was a great Liverpool merchant, lived in a big house, and had lots of servants to wait upon him?

  • It will be quite enough if you simply leave Ts'ui Lü to wait upon me.

  • She will speak, but you must pretend to be dumb, as the note you bring with you will tell us; as also that you have come to wait upon us while we are bathing.

  • The doctor is the only one who knows what is the matter, and he tells me the swelling will be gone down before tomorrow, and I hope I shall be able by that time to wait upon you.

  • I began by writing to my chief creditor that I had decided to come to an agreement with them, but I wished them all to wait upon my notary, with witnesses, to put a formal close to the action and render me a free man again.

  • Suppose his merits were never so efficacious, yet if it could be proved that there is a loathness in him that these merits should be bestowed upon the coming ones, there would but few adventure to wait upon him.

  • To wait upon him is to keep his way, to walk humbly in his appointments.

  • The very naming of him under the title of Lord, bowed their hearts forthwith to come with joint readiness to wait upon him.

  • And various tribes of Gandharvas and Apsaras, devoted to music, both vocal and instrumental, wait upon Varuna, singing eulogistic hymns unto him.

  • The new landlord came into the country; and a few days after his arrival, old Frankland went to wait upon him.

  • Her mistress was a Mrs. Crumpe, a very old rich lady, who was often sick and peevish, and who confessed that she required an uncommonly good-humoured person to wait upon her.

  • And that weapon thence began to wait upon Arjuna as it did upon Sankara, the lord of Uma.

  • Thus, O sinless one, commanded by him and thy father also, I come to thee in order to wait upon thee, O slayer of foes.

  • Restraining jealousy, with deep devotion of heart, without a sense of degradation at the services I perform, I wait upon my husbands.

  • And while the sons of Pandu were dwelling in security in that place, many Brahmanas came to wait upon them.

  • He had not even a child to wait upon him, but prepared his food with his own hands.

  • The master of the house, who was particularly fond of sermons, entertained the preacher hospitably, and summoned his daughter, a girl some fourteen or fifteen years old, to wait upon him at dinner.

  • During their novitiate they are employed to wait upon the Oiran, or fashionable courtesans, in the capacity of little female pages (Kamuro).

  • To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and passing food.

  • Defn: To attend as a lackey; to wait upon.

  • To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

  • Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen.

  • Defn: To wait upon a mistress; to be courting.

  • She brought a slave to wait upon her, intending to remain at her father's until after the birth of her child, which was soon expected to take place.

  • He always insisted on blacking his own shoes; for it was one of his principles not to be waited upon, while he was well enough to wait upon himself.

  • In the year 1809, a gentleman from East New-Jersey visited Philadelphia, and brought a young slave to wait upon him.

  • Let the dinner, which you must wait upon to-day, have your constant services, then; for you and I shall never agree.

  • Accustom yourself, then, to wait upon her; it will teach you to wait upon others by and by; and in the meantime, it will give a graceful polish to your character.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wait upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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