How To Use Awhile In A Sentence

The build process can take awhile and doesn't produce a great deal of output to the screen.
Since corporate America is more interested in hoarding than rehiring, the New Poor are going to be around for awhile. Mark Olmsted: No Pizza, No Peace: The New Poor and the Coming Blowback
Saw her awhile back at the Community Theater, as a matter of fact.
Once in awhile he'll tell me to calm down, tell me, 'Don't overswing.' USATODAY.com - Gifted pair revealing more for us
Suffice it to say that if I feel any kind of twinge, I wait awhile to see if it's worth the time investment to go. Stupid question.

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So Nur al-Din abode awhile, eating and drinking and making merry and bidding and forbidding those who tended the horses; and whoso neglected or failed to fodder those tied up in the stable wherein was his service, he would thrown down and beat with grievous beating and lay him by the legs in bilboes of iron. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
After a few hours he awoke, still twitching, and stared at the ceiling for awhile, trying to figure out what to do now.
American English Coonhound: I know this coonhound has waited awhile to make it into the WKC show, but I just don't see any star power from this guy. Westminster Dog Show 2012—as it happened
Returning I crossed the top of the mountain and halted awhile to admire the glorious sunset afterglow.
I don't know much about his kittenhood, but I do know he was fostered for awhile in a farm-like environment ie, outdoors where he shadowed people quite closely but had no other reported behavioral anomalies. Crazy Cat
His soft words comforted me and for awhile we just lay there on the tiny futon talking.
So blackens a brand in his eyeshot asmoulder awhile from the pyre. Songs of the Springtides and Birthday Ode Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III
He suffered a little stroke after his surgery and took awhile to recover.
When these cages have been used awhile, they develop sharp edges and injure chickens as well as the catchers themselves.
He suffered a little stroke after his surgery and took awhile to recover.
Therewith up sprang the gardener lad and mounting one of the young men's mules, was absent awhile, after which he returned with a Cairene girl, as she were a sheep's tail, fat and delicate, or an ingot of pure silvern ore or a dinar on a porcelain plate or a gazelle in the wold forlore. Arabian nights. English
I gazed out at the stars, leaning my elbows on the edge, for awhile before answering.
My real feeling is that the Center is going to develop people of these skills and qualifications and attributes and after awhile, they are going to, in a way, they're going to kind of outgrow the Center. Oral History Interview with Walt Ulmer, November 20, 1998. Interview S-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Waiting for some contractors to come in and mess around with the convector units (they're plugging holes in the wall) -- I have 4 convectors, so it is likely to take awhile. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
He had been laying low for awhile waiting for the right moment to get his revenge.
He wearily levered himself in and sat awhile watching the street.
A painter friend who lived in Greece for awhile said he thought the calcimining done each spring in villages probably had very little binder and seemed flaky as he remembered.
By the time it regains any awesomeness, it will be like shouting, "Twenty-three skiddoo!" at someone, which is I guess sort of the bee's knees, but for awhile there, not so much. Mrissa: Use "Unchained Melody" in a love scene next. Please. It'll be great.
They actually were quite active moving around and interacting with the crowd, it looks as if they have been together for awhile.
It might be awhile until the accessories market, such as holsters and night sight options, catch up to this Ruger pistol (2008). WN.com - Articles related to 5 held with AK-47, ammo in Amritsar
And that could take awhile since I also have to buy furniture and whatnots and stuff.
After I got off the phone with him, I went out to my car and drove around for awhile.
This would no longer be the case if James (now a consultant for the Red Sox) could be convinced to turn his attention away from the horsehide sphere for awhile and produce a new magnum opus, the Bill James Political Abstract.
Plus I think I will actually get to HANG OUT with Pansy every once in awhile, which is something that only happens on an occasional weekend or for the brief time in between picking up and dropping off children. Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: A few personal notes, and then...
After this we drove in silence awhile; that is to say Diogenes ambled along at his own leisurely gait, as if he very well knew that 'time was made for slaves'. Peregrine's Progress
sit down and stay awhile
So he was doing the cabinetwork alongside of it, both things for quite awhile? Oral History Interview with Carolyn Rogers, May 22, 2003. Interview K-0656. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
I wrapped myself around him, we kept up our quick pace for awhile until I felt his grip loosen and he panted and huffed and puffed, taking a mouthful of air and collapsing on my body.
His love, that had been suspended for awhile by busy cares, but which, if without much refining sentiment, was still the master passion of his soul, flowed back into all his thoughts, -- circumfused the very atmosphere with a fearful, softening charm. My Novel — Volume 11
The indignation aroused by his enormities has been too crushing to be borne by living man, though sheathed with the brass and triple cheek of Mark Twain…He has vamosed, cut stick, absquatulated; and among the pine forests of the Sierras, or amid the purlieus of the city of earthquakes, he will tarry awhile, and the office of the Enterprise will become purified…33 Mark Twain
Since you might not see NBA guys playing in this country for awhile, enjoy Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings with the alley oop pass to himself in Baltimore the other night. Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories
Once in awhile there would be an auto accident, which would be the juice. Trauma and Recovery
Come check it out and play for awhile, or just have a sit in the shade for a bit.
Since Josephine is part of a twinset, and I was single for awhile I always always second guessed myself about her … as in, what the fuck am I not doing right here? Survivor: Child Island | Her Bad Mother
We sat for awhile longer then drove to the fitting.
an de cheezez dont post mah commints frum mah werk puter…..dont no why…wishing i cud….cus i wud wonce in awhile…..anneebodee haff ideas why commints dont post frum other puter ? Oh hai! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
A little success in this first enterprise led him to take up contracting as a business, which he followed on various canals and macadamized roads then building in different parts of the State of Ohio, with some good fortune for awhile, but in 1853 what little means he had saved were swallowed up She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories
The reindeer are pooped, think we'll stay here awhile.
One separates from the throng hovers awhile on the edge shudders, hesitates, realizes it is alone, a grace note, composes a radical new choreography darts and dives to its own dance that complements, defies and defines solo and ensemble, both we and me. Contretemps - French Word-A-Day
There we got a great welcome, rested awhile while we ate a grand meal prepared by the cook.
If you like music, you'll love this place. Too bad my 'geek' colleague is not a music lover, so he kind of found it boring and left there after awhile.
Banking restructuring, too, has been put out to pasture to graze awhile. Times, Sunday Times
It took me awhile to do the right thing and apologize for saying something hurtful - when I was really mad at myself for not taking care of business.
Since he had a project of his own, he was only too glad to see the last of his oversolicitous family for awhile. Ralestone Luck
My fear had left awhile back, leaving plenty of room for the anger that was rising.
When they got to that she grips the seat in front and glues her eyes on them two that was swappin 'the long, lingerin' breakaway tackles, and every once in awhile she heaves up a sigh like cuttin 'out an airbrake. Torchy
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for awhile.
But when he had spoken awhile of some sacred and mystical numbers, as three for the Trinity, three for the heavenly Hierarchy, seven for the Sabbath, and seven times seven for a Jubilee; and lastly, -- seven times nine for the grand climacterical year; she, perceiving whereto it tended, began to be troubled with it. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
This is true for many of us in the West who have been truly fortunate to not have experienced any cataclysms for awhile.
Who doesn't "mishandle" -- i.e., misplace, loose, forget where they left -- the tuition check, the gas bill, keys, glasses, the grocery list, and yes, even take-home work -- at least once in awhile? Legitgov
There is some outstanding sowing to be down but the spell of cold, frosty weather we've been experiencing is set to remain with us for a few days yet, so the parsnips and spring onions will have to wait awhile.
For one thing, your legs won't answer yet awhile, and even if they did, you're ballock-naked and it's dam' parky out and we're doin' forty miles an hour. Watershed
A geologist told me awhile ago that this tor is a remnant of the glacial period. Janey Canuck in the West
After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
Having carefully observed the horsemen, conversed awhile with the cavaliers, and bidden them farewel, the band wheeled round the court, and, led by Verezzi, issued forth under the portcullis; Montoni following to the portal, and gazing after them for some time. The Mysteries of Udolpho
This is because the bear market '' assumedly '' has time left to run, after which it will normally remain dormant awhile, then slowly build up to a new bull market, all of which takes time. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
As Ezra Klein pointed out in the Washington Post awhile back, this is a terrible idea. Linda Bergthold: Christine O'Donnell's Understanding of Health Care (or Lack Thereof) Fits Into Just 3 Memorized Talking Points
Aahz…..ai wuz awf teh pyooter fer awhile,ahnd ai saw dat u wuz askin abowt teh Star Trek models in mai piktur. Should we call 911? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
And after awhile he tells himself that he don't mind smoke and the smell of buckskin, and a tepee is a better home nor none, and that he thinks as much of this here Mary Moonbeam or Sally Star-eyes as he could think of any woman, and he wonders when the priest could come. 'Me--Smith'
Yes, I read QC I also read Penny Arcade for awhile, and while it was still alive I read another sprite fancomic called “Breaking the 4th Wall”. Look, there’s WiFi at the airport! « Love | Peace | Ohana
Every once in awhile she liked to remind me of how I hate my size and how she loves her size six self.
Come on in and sit awhile. Times, Sunday Times
So Nur al-Din abode awhile, eating and drinking and making merry and bidding and forbidding those who tended the horses; and whoso neglected or failed to fodder those tied up in the stable wherein was his service, he would thrown down and beat with grievous beating and lay him by the legs in bilboes of iron. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
It may take awhile for some of the skate pros to warn up to him, but it's undeniable that the kid rips
The sick feeling returned to him again and he knew it would be setting up shop for quite awhile now.
Rental cars charlotte awhile for the swarthiness the apprehension of any azalea he has apraxic in a unmalleability or negligence anapsid, we are rectilineal at, bitingly, an nutrient huckster. Rational Review
Once in awhile, a lone horseman would ride across the desert, a cloud of dust billowing behind him, but that was all she saw.
If you really, really, like them, you might wait it out awhile to see if they outgrow this annoying phase.
For awhile, this leatherworker I met at a con promised to make me one -- with the 1558 map of Prester John burned into the leather! Purses, the Devil
The page took awhile to come up and I was there staring at the title wondering which attack this was going to be about. America Under Attack-- Today
I know all about "BIOS level hacks" as you put it, it's called a bootloader, they have been using this trick on Vista for awhile now... Windows 7 RTM Activation Already Cracked | Lifehacker Australia
I let her plead her case for awhile, knowing that she could get as dramatic as Aya on her slightly mellow days.
The Mets put it to the Dodgers and the old Bosox ragtimer Derrick Lowe he was coming off 7 wins in a row this afternoon at Shea, 6-5, though it looked shaky there for awhile when Mr. Mota came in in relief and gave up the tying runs to the Dodgers--4-4; and it looked bad when the Dodgers scored another run in the ninth; though the Mets kept it, with Billy Wagner doing his job and finally putting it away. Baseball Is in New York Air
I looked up the Isle of Jura and Barnhill and thought it was just the place to seek refreshment and rest awhile away from every care.
Sure their lawyers-are-coming-after-us paranoia gets a little tiresome after awhile, but that's just a symptom of our country's political climate, in which the only way to make sure you're heard above the din is to act slightly hysterical. Blog Reviews
If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place. Criss Jami
The bus is not due yet awhile.
they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West
So he rose up and went out and threaded the streets awhile, but only increased in cark and care. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Her remains may have to wait awhile for cryonic technology to catch up with the reassembly process. Times, Sunday Times
And thus I (aloft and at mine ease) and the fat fellow trotting breathless at the wheel we went awhile (and never another word) until, what with fear of losing his goods, what with the mud and heat and sweat, the poor gross fool looked wellnigh spent and all foredone (as I had seen many a better man than he), whereupon I brought the waggon to Black Bartlemy's Treasure
Well, he stood there and talked with her awhile in the rain, and he was a-getting so wet, and he says, ‘Well, bedad,’ he says, ‘I'm a-coming in!’
Shrugging, she tossed and turned for awhile, willing herself back to sleep, finally, she managed to drop off.
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862
I know you probably hear this a lot, and I don't want to sound preachy, but just try it out once in awhile, and see if it makes a change.
Furthermore, the fact that Washington's goal in Iraq is complete control of that territory either directly or via some kind of pliable government seems to indicate that the mercenaries will be there awhile. The Illusion of Dividing and Conquering in Iraq
At last the rush of forked water, where first it came over the lips of the fall, drove me into the middle, and I stuck awhile with my toe-balls on the slippery links of the pop-weed, and the world was green and gliddery, and I durst not look behind me. Lorna Doone
For awhile I was studying up on the presence of d-aa in polypeptide chains, with these peptides being produced biotically. Always finish what you start…
It took awhile, but we finally got it, and it was every bit as disgustingly sexy as we expected.
Kenneth strolled about the town for awhile before returning to the tavern to shave, change his boots, and "smarten" himself up a bit in preparation for the ceremonious call he had dreaded to make. Viola Gwyn
They may - I don't know a lot about silver bitterlings, but from what I know of fish, those that lay eggs in protected spots tend to do so because the fry will remain there for awhile and thus be protected…
The tables are covered with green tablecloths and the wooden chairs have nice padded cushions which invite you to stay awhile.
Standing between columns near the sedilium, she saw him gain his boat, take something from the sitting-box, step ashore again, and return to her gate, where he remained awhile pounding with a stone. The Prince of India — Volume 01
Through Faery land, which those six books co [m] pile giue leaue to rest me being halfe fordonne, and gather to my selfe new breath awhile. Amoretti and Epithalamion
There are sidewalks that encourage roaming, benches that invite visitors to sit awhile, and tropical landscaping throughout.
So they sailed round the Cape, calling the southeasterly extremity "Point Cave," till they came to an island which they named Martha's Vineyard (now called No Man's Land), and another on which they dwelt awhile, which they named Elizabeth's Island, in honor of the queen, one of the group since so called, now known by its Indian name Cuttyhunk. Cape Cod
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.
Once in awhile, you'll also catch the cook sampling the wok's contents to calibrate your order.
For awhile I found his speech difficult to follow; wherefore, silently I gazed at the sky, where the stars appeared to be playing at follow-my-leader. Through Russia
After awhile subjects become disoriented and begin to hallucinate uncontrollably.
He became a radio deejay for awhile then ran a pawnshop with his brother.
For awhile, it seems as though certain doom is descending upon Barrow, Alaska, and the mood will blanket the entire picture. “30 Days of Night” feels as long as its title » Scene-Stealers
The conversation lulled awhile, as all parties gave full attention to their food.
He suffered a little stroke after his surgery and took awhile to recover.
As a result, the ship's captain decides to pull up the sails and cast anchor for awhile until the wind returns.
Later, she did walk-on work in Spike Lee's film about her father and lived in Phoenix for awhile, after she fell for an NBA player that she thought she might marry.
Soon he is off to a small town on the west coast where he decides to stick around awhile.
I was playing pool against some kind of buffoon, who proceeded to shout at me as my colleague (a dynamo on the table, truly) had been away awhile obtaining drinks from the barkeep.
Thereâ€ ™ s no lag, thereâ€ ™ s no supporting older, buggier versions, you roll it out and everyoneâ€ ™ s upgraded (ok, so sometimes it takes awhile for Googleâ€ ™ s new versions to propagate out, but you know what I mean). Online Apps are always upgraded : #comments
It took awhile to figure out what my uncle and my father were doing.
Tell me about the dreams, the nightmares that you had for awhile.
Bobby Jindal has enough problems in his state to keep him busy for awhile and Mike Huckabee seems to be known as a jovial and cheerful talk show host more than a serious presidential candidate at the moment. Robert Guttman: Palin vs. Obama: It Could Happen and It Could Be a Close Election
I have been trying to work up to sewing some clothing for quite awhile since I still have 45 yards of silk noil waiting and much of my current wardrobe is strangely shrinking. Archive 2007-06-07
Therewith up sprang the gardener lad and mounting one of the young men’s mules, was absent awhile, after which he returned with a Cairene girl, as she were a sheep’s tail, fat and delicate, or an ingot of pure silvern ore or a dinar on a porcelain plate or a gazelle in the wold forlore. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
He sightsaw and forgot about John for awhile as he watched the tawdry Seacoast Strip between Portland and Kittery slide by. Blaze
Save your money for awhile and go talk to a cosmetic dermatologist.
If the fight lasts awhile, which it figures to do, Ruiz will land some shots.
As far as crossbows go I have thought on it for awhile and I would be happy if they could be used during muzzleloader, or by handicaped people during bow. Early Bow Seasons, Are They Fair To Rifle Hunters?
It may be difficult to discern at first glance, but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent.
Then he abode with them awhile in pleasance and joyance, after which he began to yearn for his native land; so he went in to Abd al-Rahman and said to him, O uncle, I long for my own country, for I have there estates and effects, which I left in charge of one of my prentices; and I am minded to journey thither that I may sell my properties and return to thee. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
There's work, sometimes agonizing, but there is nothing like finally finishing a short story or a novel, holding it in your hands, and for awhile being completely satisfied, enchanted, and euphoric.
She mused awhile, a rather anxious expression clouding her perfect profile. Jill the Reckless
He put the tea down himself and said we could wait awhile as well as not. Anne of Green Gables
But sooner or later, you have to say, Man, my psychodrama is really taking my toll on my friend here - maybe I should cut him some slack and cry on somebody else's shoulder for awhile! The Irony In This Scene Is That It Happened Before The Murders
The power was out for quite awhile, so we were comped our dinner plus a lot of wine (a bottle plus) and Enrique brought three bowls of dessert (vanilla ice cream, coconut ice cream, and lichee nut sorbet) on top of that. Some wine with that blackout?
The beginning of the end for the diskette arrived quite awhile ago, back around 1998, when Apple abandoned it altogether in the design of their early iMacs, a move seen as controversial at the time. Sony bids “sayonara” to 3.5-inch floppy disks
Your condencending racial comments are some of the most uneloquent words I have read in awhile. Obama vs. Keyes
The character described in the poem comes “alive awhile” through the attentiveness he pays the simplest of events – a bird flies from a branch. April 2009
After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
They walked without conversation for awhile, each one occupied with thoughts of their own.
It's a little grating after awhile, to be honest.
how could i? they're slick, pewter-colored "sateen" sheets, 230 thread count, 100% cotton and they look positively LAVISH with our maroon velvet comforter. god, it's gorgeous. and i deserve these sheets, dammit i do. since moriarty6 and i have lived together, we've had nothing but cheap-assed Tar-JHAY sheets that annually fall apart at the seams--and once in awhile, a woman who has already telefiled her tax return deserves something nice. she deserves new bedding. Saturday pointlessness
On a day, Massetto having laboured somewhat extraordinarily, lay downe to rest himselfe awhile under the trees, and two delicate yong Nunnes, walking there to take the aire, drew neere to the place where he dissembled sleeping; and both of them observing his comelinesse of person, began to pitty the poverty of his condition; but much more the misery of his great defectes. The Decameron
Mike Grehan's blog and Danny's daggle, I forget to look for awhile and then get caught up ... at least every month (that's because I know them personally and just want to read as a friend). Traffick
She's in that stage where she takes some nasty spills about 5 times a day - the stage poor Shane-bug was stuck in for awhile because of his disproportionately large nogging. Pho for Five
Rugby Park's euphoria was dimmed awhile when Hay hit the deck and never got up again but the silence did not last long.
This is something I've been thinking about for awhile now and hopefully it comes out somewhat coherent and cogent.
If you like music, you'll love this place. Too bad my 'geek' colleague is not a music lover, so he kind of found it boring and left there after awhile.
I have been saying this same thing for awhile now, but Ann, do not just cut their salaries, end ALL perks, the American taxpayers should NOT be paying for limos and their drivers, haircuts and entertainment just so these clowns can schmooz their way to another term. Think Progress » Democratic congresswoman proposes pay cut for members of Congress.
You've been seeing these figures for awhile now but you have GOT to see them in graphic form to see why this rarest of sentiments, hope, has take root in my bosom.
I spent quite awhile studying the eye makeup - the thick black eyeliner, the mega dramatic lashes and beautiful, voluminous one-sided pony tail.
It's been awhile since I've seen this much ignorant prattle spouted about the Pope, and that's saying something.
She sat there contemplating awhile before she excused herself.
We'll be back in a sec girlies; Devon can keep you entertained awhile.
This has got to be the goofiest looking guy I've seen in awhile. wauhoo Traficant released from prison
I was now independent, and wasn't planning on depending on anyone for awhile.
It took awhile, but eventually all three, the Administration, Transportation and Insurance departments, complied.
Small bolts of silver lighting could be seen every once in awhile striking the black turrets of the castle.
Banking restructuring, too, has been put out to pasture to graze awhile. Times, Sunday Times
They had been hired out as assassins before, but they hadn't had someone request for that kind of job in awhile.
What happens for many people when they're downsized is they drop out for awhile," Rosenberg says. How To Get A Job When You're Over 50
Said the whelp, ‘Wait awhile, O camel, till thou see how I will tear him, and give thee to eat of his flesh, whilst I craunch his bones and drink his blood.’ The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
But when they came aland they made their ship fast, and then they rode awhile on their noble steeds through the murk wild-wood. The Story of the Volsungs
For one thing, your legs won't answer yet awhile, and even if they did, you're ballock-naked and it's dam 'parky out and we're doin' forty miles an hour. Flashman And The Tiger
It was the property of that particular order of which Malappa was the head, and devotees from the length and breadth of India sojourned there awhile, whenever the service of the gods brought them thitherwards. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
As I was laying there on the cool grass, looking up at the starlit and crescent moon sky and dark silhouettes of roses, I felt more at peace than I had in awhile.
Lol its been over for awhile just hilary's delusions of grandeur is all thats stopping it. Obama: The general election fight should start next week
And considering the lack of standard rap clichés on their demo and their seeming indifference to the mainstream, it may take awhile for the Blender to find their constituency.
Due to the mountain range and its threatening weather, we've decided to drive awhile to more friendly geography.
That is unknown, but it would take awhile.
We will wait awhile and see. Times, Sunday Times
Once you power them up and get a topic, what you see is people can glide for awhile on that topic.
Although I am quite able to set this word out of my mind as I write this column, let me prattle awhile from the Low German pratten, “to pout,” and then “to prate, babble, talk idly”. No Uncertain Terms
Critics have said the film is all style and substance, but for awhile the wild colours and lavish sets assault you so much that you don't notice the crummy dialogue and absence of plot.
They watched TV for awhile before going for a drink at half past nine.
The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.
We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.
If your appetite is gone, simply sip water and nibble on saltines for awhile until you feel like eating again.
No matter how we felt about the workhouse the inmates who had been there quite awhile, like myself, had learnt not to even mention running away.
And for awhile there have been hints that Tom was participating in anew project that would release abroader set of basemap data, including high-quality vector data as well as raster layers. Hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » The Natural Earth Dataset Is Online
I heard a rumor about a Fight Club musical awhile back, but, like Colin Hanks, it sounded retarded so I ignored it. THE 1ST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB IS… JAZZ HANDS!
We as adults are so bombarded with errands to run, bills to pay, mortgage to scamper for, laundry to do, plus maintaining a full-time job (and yes, you can call us superwomen if you like) we often forget to frolic every once in awhile.
And I'm more relaxed about permitting myself to get something nice once in awhile, which is lovely, too. Worrying About Money
For awhile they bantered back and forth, trading remarks and occasionally delving deeper into a conversation.
I hope this artist gets to continue with the title awhile longer. Comic musings for 31 May
After awhile we headed back to my place, where we watched some Family Guy until she had to go.
On and on goes the stream, for it may not stay; leaving of its freshness with the great osmunda that stretches eager roots towards the running water; flowing awhile with a brother stream, to part again east and west as each takes up his separate burden of service -- my friend to cherish the lower meadows in their flowery joyance -- and so by the great sea-gate back to sky and earth again. The Roadmender
I'm also able, once in awhile, to turn off the fiction writer's radar, to not always benoting the local customs, as if I'm in a foreign country andnot in my yard. Amanda Eyre Ward about the genesis of her short stories, including those collected in Love Stories in This Town, and how her writing style has evolved over the years.
We intended to sit awhile in the reception area but found it in virtual darkness.
MR. LEHRER: Is it fair to say, then, that the miscalculation resulted in chaotic situation that existed immediately after for awhile and got – immediately after the invasion and all that sort of stuff? We Used To Leave The Blue Lights On And There Was A Beat | ATTACKERMAN
By providing shared playthings like building blocks and story books and arranging sing-songs, the organisation is encouraging children to play together as normal and put their strange circumstances out of their minds for awhile.
After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile.
But I will put my trust in the American system, where fabrication and concoction may work for awhile, but sooner or later the calumny is exposed.
I stuck awhile with my toe-balls on the slippery links of the pop-weed, and the world was green and gliddery, and I durst not look behind me. Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor
Depending on the size of the boar, it will take awhile to cook, so begin early in the day.
If they can get lie-down awhile after lunch, they will usually energetically devote themselves to work.
But when I showed it to teacher, she looked at it awhile, and then she wrinkled up her eye-brows, and whispered it once or twice and said: 'Oh, yes; "mosser."' The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day
Propagation can be done by air layering but patience is required as it may take awhile before layered segments root and can be removed from the parent plant.
I felt drawn to sit by the river awhile, the unseasonably south wind cool on my cheek.
By the time it regains any awesomeness, it will be like shouting, "Twenty-three skiddoo!" at someone, which is I guess sort of the bee's knees, but for awhile there, not so much Mrissa: Use "Unchained Melody" in a love scene next. Please. It'll be great.
After tracking in the frost awhile, I sat downwind and across a ravine from a doe and two fawns. Everyday Enlightenments
_Tedaldo Elisei, having fallen out with his mistress, departeth Florence and returning thither, after awhile, in a pilgrim's favour, speaketh with the lady and maketh her cognisant of her error; after which he delivereth her husband, who had been convicted of murdering him, from death and reconciling him with his brethren, thenceforward discreetly enjoyeth himself with his mistress_ The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
Some got up for awhile; most probably lay in bed thinking, dozing, or talking with their bedmate, before falling asleep for another four hours or so.
One whale paralleled us for awhile, then rolled on his side and seemed to stare with his eye.
I futzed around for awhile and was making a processed turkey sandwich when the phone rang again. Stimulating the Dead

How To Use Awhile In A Sentence

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