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awhile

[uh-hwahyl, uh-wahyl]

adverb

for a short time or period: Stay awhile.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English āne hwīle (dative); see a¹, while

Usage note
The adverb awhile is spelled as a single word: After stopping in Hadley awhile, we drove to Deerfield. As the object of a preposition, the noun phrase a while is used, especially in edited writing, but the single-word form is becoming increasingly common: We rested for a while (or awhile).

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Awhile is always a great word to know.

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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Example Sentences

He let the water run awhile before carefully filling four sterilized bottles.

Awhile back, some of us were comparing our commuting distances on one of these fora.

Yes it will take awhile for the uprising to send someone to talk with officials.

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He let the water run awhile before carefully filling four sterilized bottles.

Awhile back, some of us were comparing our commuting distances on one of these fora.

Yes it will take awhile for the uprising to send someone to talk with officials.

Lydia thought that was disgusting, but it's going to take me awhile to work up to half-and-half.

Solar roads have been a dream of countless cleantech lovers for awhile now.

Everyone should get a chance to live there for awhile.

We're going to leave the bees alone for awhile to give her a chance to do that.

You'll find your way around eventually, but it'll take awhile.

Heat often changes the color, and after awhile the acquired hue becomes permanent.

Cheaper than driving had a whole new meaning for awhile.

She worked as a waitress in a lobster restaurant to support her research habit for quite awhile.

For awhile she thought she might both practice medicine and do research.

It's currently in development, so you'll have to wait awhile to get one.

Some were intensely engaged, others drifted for awhile.

After the rocket off the bottom, it is hardly surprising that markets would pull back for awhile.

I'll definitely want to give it a try and after paddling, it will probably be nice to be in one place for awhile.

Stop thinking of yourself for a minute and be a responsible adult for awhile.

Black presidents have been powerful pop cultural presences for awhile now.

After these dams are removed that will make wildlife thrive for awhile to come.

But it took me awhile to figure out he wasn't bossing me around.

Or if it is working, it only works for awhile and then the bedbugs become resistant," he says.

It's been awhile since a novel grabbed me that fiercely.

It would be nice if the party courted my vote once in awhile.

Look out the window to check on her every once in awhile.

Sit awhile and clear the mind of whatever it senses, and think of nothing, will help to clear the confusion of the mind.

It will take awhile before its impact becomes apparent.

Projects that will take awhile to get going may be beside the point.

He would take one paw and pull the leash down to the ground once in awhile.

I've been wondering about this concept of clean coal for awhile.

Perhaps a layoff followed after awhile by reduced hours for the rest.

Try keeping her on the leash for awhile in the house, and correcting her with a tug on it when she tries to get in front of you.

When you quit, the dreams become extremely vivid for awhile.

He would be well advised to wait awhile for the political stink to disperse.

And it certainly took them awhile to get their stories straight.

I've been screaming about the uncertainty for quite awhile.

After the war many areas still didn't have electricity so the idea stuck for awhile.

Chewing on that for awhile ought to shake your faith in the mathematical approach to complex matters.

Interest rates are quite likely to remain low for awhile.

We have had a progressive income tax for quite awhile now.

But there's a strike on, so the wait might be awhile.

The economy needs to have jobs growing at this rate for awhile for a recovery to be certain.

The time for a greater openness to free markets should wait awhile.

People pop up and sail for awhile until the current closes around their lives again, she reflects.

Just because graduate students have been around academe awhile doesn't mean they all understand the lingo of the.

ScAm, it taken you awhile to bring the article back.

When all is completely fried, add the strained peppers and allow it to all cook together for awhile longer.

For awhile they were content to grow their own native plants and sell them at local farmers markets.

Doing an inward three- and-a-half, he landed on his back, and it took him awhile to regain his confidence on that particular dive.

Francesca looks over the pattern for a awhile and recognizes it as a variation of a popular cipher and begins to laugh.

Many in the attentive audience looked as if they had not been in a jazz club for awhile.

She also has had her thyroid tested awhile ago, so it does not seem to be that.

But until they do, the animated realm may reign for awhile.

But his book is one you want to climb into and luxuriate in awhile.

If it is, your tub isn't going to look so sparkling new, after awhile.

Surprisingly enough, the otherwise profligate doctor returns her affections and they are happy for awhile.

If you want to teach for awhile and then become an administrator, go for a degree in education.

If you think one-fiftieth is too large a percentage, then wait awhile.

Neither are employed at the moment, and their time is their own for awhile.

It takes some of them awhile to start calling by my first.

She is fine if it is someone who she knows and even if it is someone she hasn't seen in awhile she will settle down.

If you don't want to stop awhile there to enjoy the novelty of it.

Payes awhile to consider that the searching blond woman might be his date.

We had someone in the mathematics department do the same thing at my university awhile ago.

They are strong willed and every once in awhile have to be reminded who is the leader.

Using an airship as a launch platform also has been on the drawing boards awhile but never put to use.

True enough, although it had taken her awhile to realize it.

And the idea of immersing myself in another culture for awhile is irresistable.

Internal combustion isn't going anywhere for awhile yet.

But the new numbers indicate that repopulation will take awhile to reach that level.

After awhile the students all blend together and/or you recognize certain types.

Depending on your uses, a debate on this would last awhile.

Your best bet is to find a secluded one since you'll be using it for awhile.

Cocaine and alcohol were used medicinally for awhile.

Although algae are appealing, it will be awhile before we'll be filling up our tanks with algae-based fuel:.

The company has built small motors for awhile now and is trying to get into the full-sized motor market.

Without government intervention, it will take awhile for people to move to new cars.

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World English Dictionary

awhile (əˈwaɪl)

—*adv*
	for a brief period

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Word Origin & History

awhile

O.E. ane hwile "(for) a while," usually written as one word since 13c.

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