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

But there will be skating afterwhile; and snowstorms to go walking in.

From Otherwise Phyllis by Gibson, Charles Dana

Change men's grief to a gracious smile, And thus have heaven here this minute And not far-off in the afterwhile.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James

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

How we'll greet the dear old smile, And the warm tears— afterwhile!

From Afterwhiles by Riley, James Whitcomb