How to Use quite a while in a Sentence

quite a while

noun
  • While the event was shocking, the underlying mood has been building for quite a while.
    Christopher Miller, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
  • It’s been around for quite a while, and that play takes the line of scrimmage out of it.
    Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
  • And it's had a thing for sporty expander vans for quite a while.
    New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024
  • CHROs have been toiling in the shadows for quite a while.
    Azure Gilman, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • The 216 has actually been in the skies for quite a while.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The Adriana had been struggling for quite a while by then.
    Claire Parker, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • Before her book and doc dropped, Pam had stayed out of the spotlight for quite a while.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Byer has been a big fan of cooking shows for quite a while.
    Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Child-rearing requires us to be grown-ups for quite a while.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • And the residual effects of that injury is gonna stay with him for quite a while.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Moore name has been around West Virginia politics for quite a while.
    538 and Abc News, ABC News, 14 May 2024
  • The competition for state funding is fierce and has been for quite a while.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2024
  • There was no greatness to be acknowledged for quite a while.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
  • So The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been in development for quite a while.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Drews said that the virus is very stable and can live in an environment for quite a while.
    Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Hickman approached the agency in 2016 wanting to help find species that hadn’t been spotted in the area in quite a while.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Oregon gear has been in demand for quite a while, whereas the uptick in OSU gear is recent.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The movie mythology of the Magical Negro has been talked about for quite a while now.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Hay wagon trysts have been absent from world drama for quite a while.
    David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • The electronic outfit has been working with Hublot for quite a while, too.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There may even be a period of sleet that will continue for quite a while.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Unlike those guys, however, Kaepernick has been away from the game for quite a while.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The resurgence has been growing for quite a while now, and the cropped length is poised for mega sartorial fame this spring.
    Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The mint flavor is very light, and though the taste doesn’t linger for too long, our mouth felt clean and pleasant for quite a while after brushing.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The past few years have been pivotal for Italy’s top league, Serie A, which has not seen this kind of optimism in quite a while.
    Andrew Das, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Feeding sessions can sometimes take quite a while, and this may start to put pressure on your back or hips.
    Casey Seiden, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • The groundwork for what happened to Marvel in 2023 had been laid down for quite a while, in both its boardrooms and its writing rooms.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
  • No one stays king forever, and the signs of strain at Kevin Feige’s empire have been evident for quite a while now.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • So The Continental has been in development for quite a while and it’s evolved quite a bit.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Although that was quite a while ago, Campos says to try and think back to the months surrounding that time period.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2023

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