How to Use awhile in a Sentence

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• The rumor had been around awhile.
• I'm going to sit and rest awhile.
• Just building up a new stockpile of uranium would take awhile.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 8 May 2018
• There would be no more summer ball, no competitive softball at all for quite awhile.
  — Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 7 Mar. 2018
• The outlook: Driving down drug prices through competition may take awhile.
  — Sarah Jane Tribble, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2018
• Every once in awhile, a baseball diamond is home to magical moments.
  — Adam Baum, Cincinnati.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Especially the players who have been married awhile and have multiple kids.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018
• Insider tips: Arrive early for a parking place and plan to stay awhile to see hula and hear live music.
  — Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• The Outlook: Driving down drug prices through competition may take awhile.
  — Sarah Jane Tribble, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2018
• But Drew loved violin too much to quit, and after awhile, Black saw no reason to force him to pick one instrument.
  — Cristina Bolling, charlotteobserver, 22 Mar. 2018
• That said, Marcus does think that consumers have been catching on to the idea of unattainability for awhile now — and calling it out.
  — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 5 Apr. 2018
• Sticky Rice invites guests to sit and stay awhile with a small-plates menu full of a cuisine new to Orlando: Laotian.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Sherri wanted to move out days after the massacre, but Frank encouraged her to stay and wait awhile, to make sure that was the right decision.
  — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 2018
• The 23-year-old hasn't had his cell phone in awhile but used a friend's to give fans an update on the status of his new music while traveling throughout Europe.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2018
• The auditor has been available to enterprise customers for awhile, but just became free to all S3 users at the end of February.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2018
• Nicki hasn’t released a studio album since her 2014 offering The Pinkprint and has teased the follow-up for quite awhile.
  — Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2018
• Rzepecki said that his company, which offers e-bikes, began talking with Uber awhile ago, when the ride-hailing company was in the throes of bad press and a leadership change.
  — Wendy Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2018
• Surrounding roads were closed and nearby Crissman Elementary School was locked down for awhile, according to a school spokesman.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2018
• That transition is taking awhile and at some point, Google will need to clear up its messaging for consumers that are still using Hangouts for personal texting.
  — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2018
• Turay would destroy Tokyo every once and awhile, but would immediately recede back to the depths of Rutgers’ bench, never to be seen or heard from for months or even years.
  — Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
• Truth be told, Lucy — and the rest of us — smelled for awhile.
  — Sarah Cody, courant.com, 19 May 2018
• Float in the water for awhile and then dry off on the daybed.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Mar. 2023
• It’s twisty and dark and one that will stick with me for awhile.
  — Marie Claire, 1 Nov. 2021
• This deal has been around for awhile, but the price is still good.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 26 Nov. 2021
• But the Lakers haven’t had much to flex about for awhile.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 May 2023
• It's been just the Wells girls for awhile, but there's a new man in the picture.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 9 Apr. 2021
• Grab a seat by those wide-open garage doors and stay awhile.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2023
• The 22-ounce bottle is nice too, and will last you awhile.
  — Car and Driver, 24 Oct. 2022
• Movies in black and white and stories from Bob Costas get old after awhile.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• Results may take awhile: Nevada is the only swing state that accepts mail ballots after Tuesday, meaning a tight race could take days as votes trickle in.
  — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025