Below you will find example sentences with "few days". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Few Days in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: few
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 21
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 33.2 words

Words in this phrase

few days

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • few can mean: An indefinite, but usually small, number of. Common word
  • days can mean: plural of day Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a few days later he 1× a good few days three to 1× but a few days ago when 1× causes a few days of light 1× day after few days of inclement 1× days a few days per week 1× ended a few days back in 1× for a few days 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few days 1× a flurry of 1× according to traders 1× but nobody compared 1× despite rainfall not 1× duffy said she 1×

Common sentence endings:

a few days 1× another few days 1× at the garage 1× days per week 1× dr ross says 1× few more days 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

last 4× next 4× day 4× two 4× week 3× first 2× get 2× cases 2× weather 2× ago 2× remain 2× open 2×

Related phrases

few hundred few years few weeks few months seven days presently days currently days five days last few four days

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around few:

few years 20× few weeks 20× few months 20× last few 18× past few 15×

Just before it in the phrase index:

festival director ferry terminal ferris wheel feral cats female flowers female characters

Just after it in the phrase index:

few decades few dozen few examples few highlights few hundred few moments

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

few hundred few years few weeks few months few quarters few examples

Same ending:

seven days presently days currently days five days four days two days

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "few days" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 33.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a few days later he, a good few days three to, last, next and day stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with few hundred, few years, few weeks, few years, few weeks and few months, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with few days

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Those first few days will be extremely busy, but it’s the days, weeks and months that follow that will be important. (22 words)

During the first few days of the war, Danshyna and her 11-year-old son spent a few days at their friend’s house. (24 words)

Duffy said she had been "gone a good few days - three to five days" when he found her and covered her "out of respect". (24 words)

Longer example sentences

Some days you’re really excited to see each other, some days you gossip, some days you don’t want to talk to each other, some days you can’t live without each other, some days they have to bail me out and hold it over my head for a few days. (52 words)

This is because the 13 cases were actually tested for a few days prior, but PHW only became aware of them on September 24. We will have a far more accurate reflection of what has been going on in the last few days over the course of the next week. (50 words)

It only takes a couple of days of very cold weather and a mouse can cause considerable damage inside a hive, so my priority over the last few days has been to get all the mouse guards firmly in place. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Some days you’re really excited to see each other, some days you gossip, some days you don’t want to talk to each other, some days you can’t live without each other, some days they have to bail me out and hold it over my head for a few days.

A flurry of tweets in the last few days was floated on the social media site that the Army was mulling to decrease the number of annual leave period from 60 days to 30 days.

During the first few days of the war, Danshyna and her 11-year-old son spent a few days at their friend’s house.

Next morning same warnings again, limp mode drove it in. Had if for a few days, said it was the radiator, few days to get the part replaced it.

So even though IPL-13 ended a few days back in the UAE, the former Indian captain decided to stay back here for a few more days.

This is because the 13 cases were actually tested for a few days prior, but PHW only became aware of them on September 24. We will have a far more accurate reflection of what has been going on in the last few days over the course of the next week.

According to traders, the market was strong and steady and the rising price trend is likely to continue for the next few days as the region witnessed a sunny day after few days of inclement weather.

So, a few days ago, we’d play it day-by-day but a few days ago when China responded with tariffs, it gave us some concern.

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Twenty-two member artists rotate staffing and upkeep of the gallery, so they are able to remain open every day of the week, while other galleries might be open only a few days a few days per week.

That said, some of you will be better off waiting a few hours, a few days or, in some cases, a few weeks before installing iOS 16.4.

It usually takes two to three days to action, but right now it’s taking longer – and that’s very bad news a few days before Christmas, especially with a weekend coming up.

President Tinubu and Shettima had earlier contended the locus standi to institute the petition on the grounds that Peter Obi only joined the LP a few days before the primary election instead of the mandatory 30 days.

Those first few days will be extremely busy, but it’s the days, weeks and months that follow that will be important.

A few days later, he found out he had been charged a £192 recovery fee, plus £78 for the three days his car was at the garage.

But nobody compared the fingerprints until 10 days after her arrest, when she was transferred to Pennsylvania, and she remained locked up for another few days before she was finally released.

Despite rainfall not being forecast for the coming days, Oxfordshire County Council has warned water levels have now stabilised but will “remain high for another few days”.

Duffy said she had been "gone a good few days - three to five days" when he found her and covered her "out of respect".

Earlier in the weekend, the group reported 401 detentions in two days, but later updated the number and said that their count ''may change both up and down over the next few days'' as information is being verified.

It can last for two to seven days, and is marked by a change in color; implantation bleeding usually causes a few days of light brown spotting and may also segue into bright red bleeding, Dr. Ross says.

It only takes a couple of days of very cold weather and a mouse can cause considerable damage inside a hive, so my priority over the last few days has been to get all the mouse guards firmly in place.

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