Below you will find example sentences with "people waiting". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
People Waiting in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: waiting
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 24.3 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 2 start, 15 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "people waiting" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 400 000 people waiting longer than, 6 million people waiting for treatment, list, get and record stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with young people, homeless people, indigenous people, waiting list and waiting room, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with people waiting
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Some of the people waiting hope for a miracle. (9 words)
Sometimes the lines of people waiting to get in stretched to the corner. (13 words)
Staff at the hospital told the Echo the ambulances had “people waiting to be admitted” inside. (16 words)
There are some bright spots in the NHS waiting list data, with the total number of people waiting having fallen from its peak of 7.7 million in September and sharp reductions in the number of people waiting more than two years. (42 words)
New data shows the list of people waiting for an in Quebec has decreased, thanks to a 17 per cent increase in the number of people who received a transplant and a record number of donors in 2023. (38 words)
I have heard stories of customers waiting up to an hour so I was delighted to arrive and not have to queue beforehand, although there was a cluster of people waiting outside for their food. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
There are some bright spots in the NHS waiting list data, with the total number of people waiting having fallen from its peak of 7.7 million in September and sharp reductions in the number of people waiting more than two years.
There were people waiting by five belts when we got there, and some people had already been waiting two hours just to get their luggage,” she said.
I have heard stories of customers waiting up to an hour so I was delighted to arrive and not have to queue beforehand, although there was a cluster of people waiting outside for their food.
The public now face the longest waiting lists in NHS history, with a record 7.6 million people waiting for treatment.
This means the patient goes home sooner, which opens beds for people waiting in emergency or for patients in the community waiting for surgery.
The hospital with the highest number of people waiting for a bed is University Hospital Limerick, with 94 patients waiting for a bed.
A&E waits have hit a record high this year, along with the number of people waiting for routine operations – there are 4.4million on that waiting list.
Some are waiting far longer, the charity said, with five people waiting more than 100 days before their application for support was granted.
New data shows the list of people waiting for an in Quebec has decreased, thanks to a 17 per cent increase in the number of people who received a transplant and a record number of donors in 2023.
As of last Friday, it had 27 people waiting to get in. With the added funding, the program is expected to serve 40 people.
There was a line of people waiting, but because of the demand, most people made short calls.
You know, we've we've heard people waiting in grocery shop grocery lines, you know, being closer than 6 feet, people need to keep their distance.
At the Christmas Market in 2021 and 2022, he had a line of people waiting to buy his lanternfly honey before the booth was even set up.
It has become kind of a cultural phenomenon, there are a lot of people waiting for fall to begin with a pumpkin spice latte.
It's going to be a very busy night for the bartenders tonight, which will mean lots of people waiting to be served.
Some of the people waiting hope for a miracle.
Sometimes the lines of people waiting to get in stretched to the corner.
Sources said most of the people waiting were elderly and frail patients, with many sitting in wheelchairs or on stretchers.
Staff at the hospital told the Echo the ambulances had “people waiting to be admitted” inside.
That left more than 400,000 people waiting longer than ten weeks for their passports, with some missing their holidays because of the delays.