awhile
for a short time or period: Stay awhile.
Origin of awhile
1usage note For awhile
Words Nearby awhile
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How to use awhile in a sentence
The retargeting ads can feature new offers or content to bring users back who may not have used the app for awhile, have products in their cart, are likely to make in-app purchases, promote an event or sale, or installed but haven’t used the app yet.
Google rolls out App campaign type to re-engage existing users | Ginny Marvin | December 9, 2020 | Search Engine LandSo, it was another small business investment funded him, he was going out of the back of his truck for awhile, and this was his first-ever store.
PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be … Las Vegas?! (Ep. 205) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 6, 2020 | FreakonomicsIt wasn’t like I left Avalon and just started living my best life, it definitely took awhile to repair the hurt that happened from those several years when Avalon was ending and all the things I went through at that point.
Former Avalon singer on coming out, getting ousted and where he is today | Joey DiGuglielmo | October 20, 2020 | Washington BladeIt may be awhile before gyms in India can see pre-pandemic crowds.
Gyms in India have opened—but home workouts are keeping Indians happy for now | Manavi Kapur | October 20, 2020 | QuartzSecond, it’s the one where the WB demanded the show play to the network’s target demographic and give them some scantily clad teens, so Rory and Jess run through some sprinklers, get soaking wet, and stare at each other awhile.
Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.
Explosion of Cute: Inside the Superfan Mania of Hello Kitty Con 2014 | Sarah Bay Williams | November 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt made the rounds online awhile back that George Lucas had approached you to direct Return of the Jedi.
David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation, ‘Twin Peaks,’ and Collaborating With Kanye West | Marlow Stern | October 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFoxFaith, established in 2006 by Twentieth Century-Fox, flew under the radar for awhile, and died a quick death.
[Laughs] I get that speech in fairly polite terms from 20th Century Fox once in awhile.
From the beginning, Guy had the better of the fight, unhorsing Herman and toying with him for awhile.
The ‘GOT’ Red Viper and Mountain Duel, and a History of Medieval Trial by Combat | Steven Isaac | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen they rose from table and went back into her little drawing-room, she left her daughter alone for awhile with Bernard.
Confidence | Henry JamesThe secretary trembled in his every limb; his eyes shunned his master's as his master's had shunned Garnache's awhile ago.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe cloud of these coming enemy reinforcements has cast its shadow over us for awhile and now the sun shines again.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonWhen it was all over Alila was not too tired to play for awhile with a few locusts he had caught in a net.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeBy noon they had reached Voiron, and here, at a quiet hostelry, they descended to pause awhile for rest and refreshment.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
British Dictionary definitions for awhile
/ (əˈwaɪl) /
for a brief period
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