Example Sentences

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Eight ambulances are queuing up outside, 85 patients are waiting for a bed and one patient has been sitting on a hard plastic chair for 44 hours.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

"They are queuing for five or six hours for bread and coming back empty handed."

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

"People are queuing hours for bread. They urgently need sustained relief through regular humanitarian shipments," she said.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

Lenders are queuing up too, enticed by the prospect of higher returns as a result of an "illiquidity premium".

From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2023

He sleeps with his head twisted in his hands, and the mosquitoes are queuing up for his blood.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak