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[ adverb ] for a short time
Synonyms Examples "sit down and stay awhile" "they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West" "the baby was quiet for a while" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)`` I have to stay with Nieman for_a_while '' , Hemus said . (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)To be the Savior and the Lord , Jesus_Christ has to be a historical individual with a biography all his own ; he dare not be a cosmic aeon that swoops to earth for_a_while but never identifies itself with man 's history . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)While talking with Julian_M._Beall , Francisco_Archuleta and Juan_Marcus appeared , both heavily armed , and after watching the house for_a_while , rode_away . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He is going_to let History take the blame for_a_while '' . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)He sat for_a_while with his hands on his knees , watching the bend of her back as she gathered_up her things - a comb , a bottle of aspirin - to take upstairs and pack . |
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