How to Use awhile in a Sentence

awhile

adverb
  • The rumor had been around awhile.
  • I'm going to sit and rest awhile.
  • But that could still take awhile.
    — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been awhile since I got hit.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Dec. 2025
  • These things have been place for awhile, but no one’s done it.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 27 June 2021
  • This deal has been around for awhile, but the price is still good.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 26 Nov. 2021
  • And my daddy would go in and talk awhile.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Be patient here, this step can take awhile.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • It’s since become clear that may take awhile.
    — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Moore noted that the process may take awhile.
    — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Most of these people have been here awhile and haven’t moved.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 July 2018
  • Float in the water for awhile and then dry off on the daybed.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Truth be told, Lucy — and the rest of us — smelled for awhile.
    — Sarah Cody, courant.com, 19 May 2018
  • These condors were dead, and many of them had been for quite awhile.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 25 July 2017
  • Some fields have standing oats, and that will hold birds awhile longer.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Berrios has been in the league for quite awhile and has been a good young pitcher.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2021
  • With so many books to sort through, staying awhile is welcome.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Her brain was foggy from the chemo, which takes awhile to leave the system.
    — Julie Silva, Houston Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Porsche may have come up with a novel way of keeping the stick shift around awhile longer.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • That dish will stay on the menu awhile, Janisse-Kanzenbach said.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2018
  • Fried and Olson have been around for awhile but are still just 29.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
  • And the first game of March was looking pretty bad there for awhile, too.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • People coming in and out of the restaurant said the dog had been in the car for awhile.
    — Greg Garrison | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The Padres took awhile to make sure the good pitching would lead to a good result.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But for awhile there, the PTC was a watchdog with teeth.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Navarro still has his cell number in her contacts, but it’s been awhile since she’s called.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
  • Sit with it awhile before taking action.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The Piquette plant had been on Sisoy-Moore's radar for awhile.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Summer in the South of France and eat out for every meal for awhile.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 28 July 2022

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