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Synonyms for waiting game

Grammar : Noun

Définition of waiting game

noun watchful waiting

Example sentences :

Sir Donald's conscience is not clear as to this waiting game.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

There's no game in the world like it—the waiting game, I mean.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

They had grown too wary, and now preferred to play a waiting game.
Extract from : « Vice Versa » by F. Anstey

They will play a waiting game, and in the end make a surprise attack.
Extract from : « A Mating in the Wilds » by Ottwell Binns

It was a waiting game, and whichever waited the longer was bound to win.
Extract from : « Tales of the Fish Patrol » by Jack London

I knew better than that, and I played what is technically known as a waiting game.
Extract from : « A New Sensation » by Albert Ross

Theirs is a waiting game for the present, and they are passing the time as best they can.
Extract from : « Sharps and Flats » by John Nevil Maskelyne

But now that he had to play a waiting game, his blood cooled.
Extract from : « Harley Greenoak's Charge » by Bertram Mitford

Its smallness would be perceived if he led it into the open; his was a waiting game.
Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang

"Yes, it's the waiting game that strains the staunchest morale," he admitted.
Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck

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