How To Use While away In A Sentence
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An habitual counter line-up of Broadway mental brevities in the form of young men with bamboo sticks and eyes with perpetual ogles in them, would while away the syncopated hours with her, occasionally
Star-Dust
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While away the hours browsing for books, CDs, games, retro clothing, bric-a-brac.
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Finally, to while away the dull hours of the day, she invented narratives that explained the various elements in a porcelain design: “I have woven about it and halloed around it an Arabian Nights romance of astonishing plot and fancy.”
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
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While away the afternoon in a hammock, or play table tennis or badminton.
Times, Sunday Times
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You can while away many happy hours looking at gossip web sites and ogling pictures of your favourite swoonsome celebrities instead of getting on with your work.
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Tell your child she can phone you at any time while away on a visit, if she's upset or worried in any way.
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The premise is that wealthy footballers are thick and self-absorbed, and that their spouses have little option but to while away long hours plotting affairs and bitching about each other.
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It is possible to control your boiler while away from home by installing a free app on your smartphone.
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By contrast, others manage to while away time playing mah-jong indoors.
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While away the hours admiring the valley views from the pool.
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A fondue is a delicious way to while away a cold winter evening ... huddled around a pot of molten cheese, dipping in crusty bread and potato wedges.
Archive 2006-01-01
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While away at summer school, my teen - age daughter , Erin , became friendly with two other girls.
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As the trains are half as fast at weekends due to engineering works, sitting in a first-class carriage helped while away the hours.
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For prime sunset views, while away the evening at Louie's Backyard, where the "afterdeck" bar and dining area overlook the Atlantic Ocean.
Key West
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A fondue is a delicious way to while away a cold winter evening ... huddled around a pot of molten cheese, dipping in crusty bread and potato wedges.
Archive 2006-01-01
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Playing cards and cribbage, they cozy up around a neighborhood tavern and while away the winter, or soak in some of the hot springs along the coast.
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Exfoliating will also get your skin ready for preholiday fake tan and help you naturally tan better while away.
The Sun
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Diana and Carolyn would regularly while away a quiet evening ringing people with silly names who appeared in the telephone directory.
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Jannat ki haqeeqat hum ko bhi maloom hai lekin, Ghalib, dil behlane ke liye khayal acchha hai: I, too, know what the reality of paradise is, Ghalib, but the idea is still useful to while away the time.
Utopia
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If it's a midweek trip, inform the teacher and ask for a curriculum of study while away.
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The purpose of life is to while away the intervening time as pleasantly as possible.
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The back bar, or snug as these places used to be called, is a beautifully cosy place to while away a few hours.
The Sun
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It also showed that more than a third of young people had no help while away from home, while highlighting measures aimed at improving services for families affected by a runaway member.
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While away the hours admiring the valley views from the pool.
Times, Sunday Times
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So a while they sat talking, all of them, and the squire and the sergeant aforesaid were not a little timorous of the adventure of making that stead unkenned their sleeping chamber; and to while away the time, their lords made them tell tales such as they knew concerning that place; and both they said that they had never erst come into the dale but a very little way, and said that they had done so then but trusting in their lords 'bidding and the luck of the Quest.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles
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It's easy to while away a whole day just walking up and down the beach, exploring the many makeshift stalls where vendors sell everything from tropical-hued pareos to homemade coconut bread.
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Occasionally my friend Sarah would come over, but she lived a while away and couldn't drive, so that was never too often.
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Every time we went to Italy for our hols, we always went armed with the latest Asterix adventures and even resorted to buying Italian editions of new books if we finished all ours while away.
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The purpose of life is to while away the intervening time as pleasantly as possible.
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If you happen to forget your novel, you can quite happily while away the hours drinking in this austerely beautiful scenery.
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While away on my cruises on the bay, I took no drink along; and while out on the bay the thought of the desirableness of a drink never crossed my mind.
Chapter 11
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That's the bar where Sara and I used to while away the hours between lectures.
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Lying here in the sun is a very pleasant way to while away the afternoon!
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While away the afternoon in a hammock, or play table tennis or badminton.
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To while away the time, they produced a Bible whose text was basically that of the Great Bible, but it was embellished with explanatory notes.
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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.
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Shahrazad awoke and signalled to her sister Dunyazad who sat up and said, “Allah upon thee, O my sister, recite to us some new story, delightsome and delectable, wherewith to while away the waking hours of our latter night.”
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The back bar, or snug as these places used to be called, is a beautifully cosy place to while away a few hours.
The Sun
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While away the hours admiring the valley views from the pool.
Times, Sunday Times
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Like the English cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, John began drawing to while away the hours when bedridden as a child.
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Once installed, while away the days relaxing on your deck and snorkelling in the brilliant blue lagoon.
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Finn springs a surprise wedding on Allie while away on a weekend's break in Naples.