in a while

1. Also, after a while. After a period of time, usually a moderately short time. For example, Go ahead, I'll be along in a while, or After a while we turned off the television and went for a walk. [c. 1300]

Example Sentences

“I watched him in action and learned from him, and he handed me books once in a while,” Mayer says.

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I was a good driver, but given that I haven’t had a car in a while, it might not matter.

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Not only because you haven’t driven in a while, but also because Brooklyn has some of the highest car-insurance premiums of any city in the U.S., according to data from Bankrate.

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“I haven’t done this in a while, so it feels like a new experience for me, but I know what it is very well,” she says of the numerous interview requests and growing awards buzz.

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Often seen in independent productions and on theater stages, “Weapons” is the first “big film” she’s done in a while.

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Related Words

• afterward 
• again 
• next 
• subsequently 
• thereafter