Etymology
Origin of somewhile
Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at some, while
Example Sentences
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These heapes of stones, these old wals which ye see, Were first enclosures but of salvage soyle; And these brave pallaces, which maystred bee Of time, were shepheards cottages somewhile.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Edmund Spenser
I know myself indifferently well as François Villon, Master of Arts, broker of ballads and somewhile bibber and brawler.
From If I Were King by Justin McCarthy
For a sentence which she had spoken somewhile since, drummed in my ears to the exclusion of her present speech, and the import of it shone in my mind like a clear light.
From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
I will that if I say a heavy thing Your tongues forgive me; seeing ye know that spring Has flecks and fits of pain to keep her sweet, And walks somewhile with winter-bitten feet.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
You must somehow, or somewhile, let me know p. 221your Address in Leamington, unless a Letter addressed to Cavendish Square will find you there.
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) by William Aldis Wright
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