AWHILE


Meaning of AWHILE in English

adverb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

stay

Penetrate inside - stay awhile with guidebook raised - and you will find something calmly neoclassical, something wisely proportioned and cool.

Jinju stayed awhile longer before climbing to her feet.

So sit down and stay awhile .

It may be difficult to discern at first glance, but stay awhile and look and it will become apparent.

take

It took awhile to figure out what my uncle and my father were doing.

That is unknown, but it would take awhile .

Depending on the size of the boar, it will take awhile to cook, so begin early in the day.

It took awhile , but eventually all three, the Administration, Transportation and Insurance departments, complied.

He suffered a little stroke after his surgery and took awhile to recover.

wait

I wait awhile , until they have all been seen to.

There were five miles of return tramping to face, but they, too, could wait awhile .

I waited awhile , then rang again.

He waited awhile at the window observing traffic, women with dogs, leashed and unleashed.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Gil stood at the window awhile , watching boats.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But if you rented a place to stay for awhile you would know.

I waited awhile , then I rang again.

I wanted to live awhile among those who had been part of his childhood and his last few years.

Once you power them up and get a topic, what you see is people can glide for awhile on that topic.

So sit down and stay awhile .

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