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Meanings of wait awhile in English

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Usage of wait awhile in English
1
Thinks I, I'll wait awhile; he must be dropping in before long.
Moby Dick
2
We will wait awhile and perhaps nature herself will disclose her mystery.
The Master of the World
3
So I thought, 'I will wait awhile before I condemn this Judas.
The Idiot
4
She let him wait awhile-thenwent to him with an elegiac manner.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
5
Esperance was still too young, but, once engaged, they could wait awhile.
The Idol of Paris
6
The millionaire's child, as well as the field-hand's, must wait awhile yet.
The Negro and the Nation / A History of American Slavery and Enf...
7
Lord Cantrip also offered to come, but was asked to wait awhile.
Phineas Redux
8
As it happened, we had to wait awhile before we heard any more.
Biggie and the devil diet
9
O, well; I reckon I'll just drop in and wait awhile.
Home Lights and Shadows
10
He guessed Zhukovski would wait awhile to make sure there was no detonation.
The accident man
11
I decide that my last call, to Linda, can wait awhile.
Up in the air
12
But the street was so crowded that the litter had to wait awhile.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
13
If you're busy, no biggie -this one can wait awhile.
The Guardian
14
That would have to wait awhile too, until he was stronger.
The house on hope street
15
Braun wanted to be of the party, but afterward decided to wait awhile.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
16
But wait awhile, and let me write my last directions to my family.
A Smaller History of Greece: from the Earliest Times to the Roma...
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