Synonym: awhile. Similar words: after a while, awhile, once in a while, every once in a while, while, while away, erstwhile, meanwhile. Meaning: adv. for a short time.
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211. Right now all I want to do is sit here alone for a while.
212. He studied the sailing boat for a while, smiling to himself.
213. She debated whether to sit down on the carpet for a while but shook herself and rang the bell.
214. After gargling on her phlegm for a while, she began to choke.
215. I went into the other room, where several writers were playing chess, and I watched them for a while.
216. She sat for a while, becoming quieter, breathing deeply, ceasing to tremble.
217. Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother.
218. Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. J.K. Rowling 
219. After admiring the wagtail for a while, I went on until at last I reached the Round Tower.
220. He did a stint on a chain gang, and he became a professional boxer for a while.
221. I think you'd be better off if you just moved back to your mother's house for a while.
222. She wished she could stop the clock for a while and try to take it all in.
223. Like Tatum, Dzhabrailov was a dapper, ambitious man and the two hit it off for a while.
224. In extreme circumstances borrowers might be allowed to pay interest only for a while.
225. Even where price increases have taken place, retailers with good stocks may be able to cushion the blow for a while.
226. Then for a while I had dawdled across the street, where I watched part of a bullfight.
227. Even when I arrived back at Thornfield, I did not go in for a while.
228. When I finished college, I traveled around for a while before I got my first job.
229. They announced that they wanted to talk to everyone, and they asked everyone to stick around for a while.
230. After that she said nothing for a while, only sat watching me in a broody way.
231. For a while the conditions are so propitious that by spring break I have a rough draft of my book.
232. For a while she stood next to the coal stove and warmed her hands on the backs of her legs.
233. We will get some money that normally camps out in stocks going over to the bonds for a while.
234. So will the sugar maple seedlings, for a while, forming a yellow carpet in the hardwood forest.
235. He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while.
236. Give out a lot of free candy and everybody is happy for a while.
237. For a while she camped with other families in fields nearby.
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238. For a while my wife and I were helpless with laughter, but trying to clean up afterwards taught us a lesson!
239. So the merger boom went on for a while, still fuelled by this false belief.
240. The ash tray was getting crowded when I decided there was no percentage in doing any more worrying for a while.
More similar words: after a while, awhile, once in a while, every once in a while, while, while away, erstwhile, meanwhile, worthwhile, worth while, make hay while the sun shines, straw hat, a white lie, a white elephant, whilst, pedophile, bibliophile, as a whole, galileo galilei, raw, draw, craw, drawn, straw, brawn, crawl, faraway, brawl, drawl, whim.