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Awhile in a sentence
Awhile meaning
- For some time; for a short time.
- In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.
Synonyms of Awhile
Using Awhile
- The main meaning on this page is: For some time; for a short time. | In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process.
- Useful related words include: for a while.
- In the example corpus, awhile often appears in combinations such as: for awhile, in awhile, awhile and.
Context around Awhile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Awhile
- In this selection, "awhile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, take, takes, linger, seemed and gonna stand out and add context to how "awhile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include album linger awhile and became and around for awhile and was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "awhile" sits close to words such as additives, alfie and appreciating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with awhile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It just may take awhile. (5 words)
Not yet, maybe not for awhile. (6 words)
I have known about the coaches there for awhile. (9 words)
In Zac Brown Band’s 2010 song “Knee Deep,” the lyrics follow the story of a man coping post-breakup by getting on a boat and escaping for awhile: Gonna put the world away for a minute / Pretend I don’t live in it / Sunshine gonna wash my blues away. (50 words)
Juanita and I worked for awhile in the middle-late 1980s in a Creole restaurant in the Old Coast Hotel, run by Carol Hall (of Carol Hall's Jams and Jellies) and Dick Haymes' daughter Joanne. (36 words)
Samara Joy, 23, won two Grammy Awards in February for her 2022 album, “Linger Awhile,” and became only the second jazz artist in Grammy history to win in the pop-dominated Best New Artist category. (35 words)
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a book that had me hooked in the beginning to the end! (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
A coalition of a dozen banks pulled together a $30 billion funding package for First Republic last month that, for awhile, seemed to stanch the bleeding out of the bank.
After a night like that, a person may just want to get away for awhile.
Even when Waynesfield-Goshen was holding off Mississinawa Valley for awhile in the second quarter, the Blackhawks kept their cool and started to find their groove again.
Having played around with ChatGPT for awhile, the results I were getting were fitting a common pattern.
He's been pretty good for awhile and he's been one of our best players in the past three or four weeks, and off the back of him we got some momentum.
I did for awhile, but I finally had to stop as she expected me to come visit and do projects for her.
If you’re like me, it’ll take awhile to become confident doing it.
I have known about the coaches there for awhile.
In Zac Brown Band’s 2010 song “Knee Deep,” the lyrics follow the story of a man coping post-breakup by getting on a boat and escaping for awhile: Gonna put the world away for a minute / Pretend I don’t live in it / Sunshine gonna wash my blues away.
It just may take awhile.
It probably won’t be for awhile, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually found their way back to each other.
It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a book that had me hooked in the beginning to the end!
It takes awhile for them to get permanent resident status, though.
Juanita and I worked for awhile in the middle-late 1980s in a Creole restaurant in the Old Coast Hotel, run by Carol Hall (of Carol Hall's Jams and Jellies) and Dick Haymes' daughter Joanne.
Not yet, maybe not for awhile.
Samara Joy, 23, won two Grammy Awards in February for her 2022 album, “Linger Awhile,” and became only the second jazz artist in Grammy history to win in the pop-dominated Best New Artist category.
Satan may work for awhile and try to cause trouble, but God is greater than satan.
Simon has received a few interests in floodplain buyouts, and “that process is going to take awhile,” she said.
Sony's PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset has been around for awhile and was last updated in 2018.
That could be awhile, with Thomas having sprained his ankle in Wednesday’s win over the Clippers and not due to even be reassessed for two weeks.
Common combinations with awhile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- for awhile 81×
- in awhile 19×
- awhile and 12×
- awhile to 12×
- take awhile 10×
- awhile back 9×
- awhile but 8×
- awhile ago 8×
- been awhile 7×
- awhile now 6×