afterwhile

Example Sentences

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To Edgar Guest, death was "God's great slumber grove" or "the golden afterwhile."

From Time Magazine Archive

The latter afterwhile came to have a gallery in which the public was sometimes treated to games and combats between lions, tigers, and elephants.

From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis

"You don't think there's any—" William began, and, after a pause, continued—"any hope—of his getting strong enough to come out and dance afterwhile?"

From Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William by Tarkington, Booth

Way afterwhile she run away and come to our house and stayed 'bout three days.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

There were six of these men, omitting the watchman; and afterwhile they assembled in a group near the fire, some sitting, some lying prone.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis