Etymology
Origin of somewhile
Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at some, while
Example Sentences
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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
This was the palace of a dead and heirless duke, somewhile abandoned and now renewed with life and color by the gold of the Neapolitan.
From The Proud Prince by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
I see you are surprised—this, gemmen, is Sir Luke Rookwood, somewhile Luke Bradley, heir to the house of that name, not ten miles distant from this.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth
Gwen followed the Earl very shortly, and left old Maisie to dream away the time until, somewhile after the final departure of her parents, she was free to return.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
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
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