Many a singer far better than this absurd fop had been driven amid execration and abuse from the platform." Is the sentence that really shows mockery the best. While the author was praising him for what he was doing in the beginning it ends with such a mocking tone it changes the way you look at the rest of the reading.
Answer:
waited
Explanation:
I waited for the bus many times in my life.
because wait is in the brackets so you'll change it to past tense
