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Meanings of waited hour in English

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Usage of waited hour in English
1
One night the trembling Dora waited hour after hour for her father.
The History of David Grieve
2
We waited hour after hour in expectation of the French fleet.
Paddy Finn
3
And she lay and waited hour after hour, and the youngster came back by himself.
T. Tembarom
4
I waited hour after hour, but no one came.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 2
5
They waited hour after hour, but there was no appearance either of the boat or the vessel.
Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean / From Authentic Accounts Of Mode...
6
They waited hour after hour for the return of the cart, hoping that it might bring in Reuben.
Paul Gerrard, the Cabin Boy
7
When, after stammered thanks, the man was gone, the other waited hour after hour the appearance of Sir John Nevil.
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
8
I goed to de dressin' room; and I waited and waited hour arter hour, but my ladyship she nebber come.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
9
But though he waited hour after hour in the hope of seeing his neighbor pass, the man of Hvammsgil never came.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
10
Then they waited hour after hour, and do not seem to have suspected that the king would not keep his promise.
The Peasant and the Prince
11
Lest they should lose the benefit of any of his remarks, they sometimes waited hour after hour to hear him speak again.
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
12
They waited hour after hour, till at last morning dawned, and they found that all hope of accomplishing their enterprise must be abandoned.
History of King Charles the Second of England
13
The huge throng that waited hour after hour to greet the poet was not rabble: it was a quiet, respectable, orderly concourse of Romans.
The World Decision
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Waited hour across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common