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Sentences starting with awhile

Awhile ago it was the fashion to be petite and arch; it is now the fashion to be tall and gracious, and nothing more can be said about it. [4]
Awhile she watched the sapphire waters break to dazzling whiteness under the westerning sun. [9]
Awhile ago I said that M. Bourget's method of truth-seeking--hunting for it in out-of-the-way places--was new; but that was an error. [5]

Sentences ending with awhile

If I were you I would try it awhile. [7]
Thus the Magister, who had waited so long, held back even yet awhile. [10]
Listen to them, when there is only a light breath stirring, and you will hear them saying to each other,--"Wait awhile! [6]
The landlord, Johnson, was a meek, well-meaning fellow, and Arkansas fastened on him early, as a promising subject, and gave him no rest day or night, for awhile. [5]
Memory is all very fine; but you'd want a life set apart for remembering the others after awhile. [11]
I am much too respectable for that--yet awhile. [5]
I should like to retrograde awhile. [4]
In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile. [5]
Now you better think 'bout this awhile. [5]
Why didn't I tell him he had nothing to do with it, yet awhile? [6]

Short sentences using awhile

John insisted on stopping awhile. [5]
Joan stood awhile musing. [5]
She was silent awhile. [9]
He was silent awhile. [2]
He remained silent awhile. [2]
Once in awhile. [9]
Hold on awhile! [8]
He down awhile. [10]

Sentences containing awhile two or more times

If you question this, listen awhile, consider awhile what I shall advance in support of that proposition. [7]
It would run awhile and then stop awhile, and then run awhile again, and so on, using its own discretion about the intervals. [5]

More example sentences with the word awhile in them

Manners tells me you are to remain awhile in London, Mr. Carvel," he said, in his thick voice. [9]
She said she would wait awhile longer, but if at the end of six months I didn't do my duty, she'd see the thing through here among my own people. [11]
She said she would say good-by to her father and uncle in the morning if it should still be their purpose to go, instead of tarrying awhile to see the city. [5]
Bob, for a wonder, was silent awhile, glancing now and then at her profile. [9]
Having sat awhile with her visitors without understanding anything of what they were saying, she softly left the room and went to the nursery. [2]
By the open window at the foot of a bed in the Stay Awhile Hospital a woman gazed into the saffron splendour with an intentness which seemed to make all her body listen. [11]
I think we will wait awhile before we pour out the Elixir Vitae. [6]
For awhile that wild bewilderment which seizes upon the minds of the strongest, when lost, mastered him, in spite of his struggles against it. [11]
The rock on which he sat securely awhile ago is completely under water. [6]
It was at what the soldiers called the Stay Awhile Hospital that he came in living touch again with the life he had left behind. [11]
After awhile they went over t'other side of the street, talkin' sly, waitin' for the act to end. [9]
We shall sleep well to-night; but let us sit awhile with nubiferous, or, if we may coin a word, nepheligenous accompaniment, such as shall gently narcotize the over-wearied brain and fold its convolutions for slumber like the leaves of a lily at nightfall. [6]
For awhile, perchance, we despair of this. [9]
For awhile there was a partial break, which furnished about such a sunset as will be exhibited when the Last Day comes and the universe tumbles together in wreck and ruin. [5]
But as he walked languidly along, some ladies saw him across the street, and seeing, were moved with pity, and pitying, spoke such soft words that he was tempted to accept their invitation and rest awhile beneath their hospitable roof. [6]
It is also very commonly noticed that these two paths, after diverging awhile, run into each other. [6]
We crept in under Jim's bed and into the cabin, and pawed around and found the candle and lit it, and stood over Jim awhile, and found him looking hearty and healthy, and then we woke him up gentle and gradual. [5]
We stood awhile together to see how jocund day ran hither and thither along the mountain-tops, until the light was all abroad, and then silently turned downward, as one goes from a mount of devotion. [4]
Tom came up to the fence and leaned on it, grieving, and hoping she would tarry yet awhile longer. [5]
Well, I'd got to talk so nice it wasn't no comfort--I'd got to go up in the attic and rip out awhile, every day, to git a taste in my mouth, or I'd a died, Tom. [5]
She had lived to see him established at Bremerton, to be with him there awhile . [9]
It was necessary to remain awhile in order to recruit the animal's health before resuming the voyage. [5]
If they spoke to him on this, or any other theme--save one--he would hear them patiently for awhile, then turn away, and go on seeking as before. [12]
I was near to forgetting the use of words, until at length, one rare morning when the sun poured in, the jolly doctor dressed my wounds with more despatch than common, and vouchsafed that I might talk awhile that day. [9]
And--would you like to come over and stay awhile with Napoleon at Wilhelmsh:ohe? [5]
He gazed awhile through a piece of smoked glass at the penciled line lying on the distant water, and then said: "Land be hanged--it's a raft! [5]
Buried in his thoughts, he was only subconsciously aware of what he saw until, after near an hour's riding, he pulled rein at the door of the Stay Awhile Hospital, which was some miles in the rear of the main force. [11]
I have often thought I should like to return and stay awhile, only --I never seemed to get time. [9]
Mrs. Kame had thought about them and their wonderful happiness in these autumn days at Grenoble; to intrude on that happiness yet awhile would be a sacrilege. [9]
Jo said that they ought to wait and see--wait awhile, and then, if his memory did not return, they would try to find his friends, by publishing his story abroad. [11]
Some slouched in their chairs, others stood and talked in groups, gesticulating with cigars and pipes; yet a keen spectator, after watching them awhile through the smoke, might have been able to pick out striking personalities among them. [9]
It rests on the yard for awhile, and they can look at it all they like, and envy it, and thank it for its message. [5]
Rudyard also, on the veranda, paced weakly, almost stumblingly, up and down, his face also turning towards the Stay Awhile Hospital. [11]
The men contemplated the treasure awhile in blissful silence. [5]
Was it because the star was hid awhile, That I in blindness wandered from my path; That I wooed Folly with her mumming smile, And sought for Lethe in a cup of wrath? [11]
She passed into the sitting room, stood there thinking awhile, and then went into the maids' room. [2]
If I get the other 25 feet in the Johnson ex., I shan't care a d---n. I'll be willing to curse awhile and wait. [5]
She looked at the money awhile with a steady rising resentment, then she burst out with: "Dad blame dat revival, I wisht it had 'a' be'n put off till tomorrow! [5]
The King took the frightened face between his hands, and gazed earnestly and lovingly into it awhile, as if seeking some grateful sign of returning reason there, then pressed the curly head against his breast, and patted it tenderly. [5]
We canvassed the subject awhile and then concluded it was a ruse, and that the Indians had some better reason for leaving in a hurry than fears of a flood in such an exceedingly dry time. [5]
He sat there studying and studying awhile to himself; then he asked: "How many ducats did you say? [5]
If a sledge-hammer strikes you on the skull, though your skull is of such a hardness that it does not break, still the shock numbs activity for awhile, at any rate. [11]
We have been stopping in Munich for awhile, but we shall make a break for some country resort in a few days now. [5]
You won't mind stayin' awhile with the jedge while Jim and I go down town with the team? [9]
If you'd only stay here awhile. [9]
He's in the Stay Awhile now. [11]
But I shall spare you awhile longer. [11]
And Smithers and some hired specters went by with his awhile ago. [5]
Should she jealously snatch Irene from his arms and carry her back to the gloomy temple which now--after she had fluttered awhile in sportive freedom in the sunny air--would certainly seem to her doubly sinister and unendurable? [10]
And she would smile at him bravely and say, "I reckon I kin look out for Davy awhile yet. [9]
Mr. Crewe was silent awhile, that this formidable array of things might make the proper impression upon his visitor. [9]
The doctor says she may leave the hospital on Monday, and I'm going to bring her over here for awhile. [9]
I hope we shall sing hymns together in heaven some time, if we are good enough, but I want to wait for that awhile, for I do not feel quite ready. [6]
So it suddenly seemed to Stafford as he left his tent, after he had himself inspected every man and every horse in his battery that lived through the day of death, and made his way towards the Stay Awhile Hospital. [11]
Dorothy and I scampered over the grass and into the cool, wide house, resting awhile on the easy sloping steps within, hand in hand. [9]
I regret to say I cannot do so now; I must stick to the courts awhile. [7]
After he had sat awhile staring at these, and at the wet flower-garden from between the slats of his shutters, he removed the signs of the railroad upon him, and descended. [9]
There was a run awhile ago on elopements, and my assignment was to have one every Monday morning. [4]
When he had rubbed awhile, he gave me his own handkerchief to dry my face; and so perfect was his courtesy, it was impossible to do otherwise than meet him as he meant and showed for the moment. [11]
In silence they rode awhile, and at last the hillsman said: "If fathers be brothers-in-blood, behold it is good that sons be also. [11]
In silence Hannah resumed her shrunken duties, and when these were finished sat awhile, before going to bed, her hands lying listless in her lap. [9]
I let him rest awhile, and eased the bandages on him, and at last he told his story: "I am to be gone soon. [11]
Then they would rest awhile and pant and swear. [5]
Now will ye rest aisy awhile, sir? [9]
As though in response to an unspoken thought, he said casually: "I'm going to walk awhile when you've lain down, and then--" He pointed to a spot about twenty yards away. [11]
These being all rejected, I reflected awhile, and sarcastically suggested brickbats at three-quarters of a mile. [5]
I dislike to refer to what I have already done in the matter of charities, but I hinted to you awhile ago of a project I have conceived and almost perfected of gifts on a much larger scale than I have ever attempted. [9]
If they could read half as well as they can steal awhile away, I should put up a notice, "Children, beware! [4]
We'll have to put on the brakes for awhile, Honora. [9]
Maitre Fille was possessed of a superstition that all the things which threaten a man's life to wreck it, operate awhile in their many fields before they converge like an army in one field to deliver the last attack on their victim. [11]
Now cake her over with a layer of ancient and obdurate dirt, and you have the Cincinnati steamer awhile ago referred to. [5]
He evidently enjoyed our curiosity, and meant to keep us waiting awhile before revealing the great secret. [6]
There is only one thing which can rouse the machine; not will,--that cannot reach it; nothing but a ruinous agent, which hurries the wheels awhile and soon eats out the heart of the mechanism. [6]
It is one of the cases I was thinking of awhile ago when I said that sometimes an act which brings the actor an hour's happiness and self-satisfaction is paid for--or punished--by years of suffering. [5]
What better proof of the barrenness of these modern philosophical and religious books did he need than the spectacle of other ministers--who tarried awhile on starvation salaries --reading them and preaching from them? [9]
She upbraids me occasionally for giving her only the bright side of my affairs (but unfortunately for her she has to put up with it, for I know that troubles that I curse awhile and forget, would disturb her slumbers for some time. [5]
But Rudyard would not want the grey mare yet awhile. [11]
If he had not met Frau Brandt awhile ago he would die next year, thirty-four years of age. [5]
New wine does not go well into old bottles, but if an old cask has held good wine, it may improve a crude juice to stand awhile upon the lees of that which once filled it. [6]
I tried it myself for half an hour, awhile ago, up-stairs here, while the inquiry into Flint Buckner's character and ways was being conducted in this room, and I arrived in that way at the rate of a candle's consumption when sheltered from the wind. [5]
The General says my horse did very well for awhile, but soon refused to lead. [5]
She thrust the miniature in her gown, turned, and walked in silence awhile. [9]
The pygmy contemplated me awhile with his weasel eyes, and then said, in a peculiarly sneering way: "You turned a tramp away from your door this morning. [5]
Some people are malicious enough to think that if the devil were set at liberty and told to confine himself to Nevada Territory, that he would come here--and look sadly around, awhile, and then get homesick and go back to hell again. [5]
They have a lot of books to read, they play games and smoke, and for awhile they will be able to bear up in their captivity; but not for long, not for very long, I take it. [5]
He does--strange things like this once in awhile. [9]
I am taking life easy, now, and I mean to keep it up for awhile. [5]
And now, come, let us talk awhile together; for, lest any accident befall the packet you shall bear, I wish you to carry in your memory, with great distinctness, the terms of my writing to your governor. [11]
So I thought it best to fill myself up for the cold, and then keep dark and let the fever starve awhile. [5]
He was deep in thought awhile, then he said: "There'll be twenty thousand profit coming from the ten a year from now. [5]
After searching awhile in the dark, he found a ladder the gardener had left against a tree; after much straining, we carried the ladder to the house and set it up under one of the windows of the drawing-room. [9]
You remember, perhaps, in some papers published awhile ago, an odd poem written by an old Latin tutor? [6]
She whispered gently in her ear as if she were still alive: "Wait awhile, only wait: I shall come soon and tell you everything! [10]
He did not, in fact, begin with the sick nearest to the door, but stood awhile in the middle of the hall, leaning against a column and surveying the place and the beds. [10]
I tell you I was angry in earnest for awhile. [5]
He said, "Didn't I see you down the road awhile ago? [5]
I confess that I prefer my champagne in its first burst of gaseous enthusiasm; but if my guest likes it better after it has stood awhile, I am pleased to accommodate him. [6]
Sit down awhile, I beg--there is a seat. [10]
Two or three hours later his wife got wearily up and was going away to bed without a good-night--custom now--but she stopped near the letter and eyed it awhile with a dead interest, then broke it open, and began to skim it over. [5]
I stayed at home awhile, tryin' to make Frank Erne talk. [13]

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