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

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

From Afterwhiles by Riley, James Whitcomb

"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

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

A rake, borne afield upon the shoulder of a peasant, afterwhile fascinated the Venetian Beppi, and drew him away to study its strange and wonderful uses.

From Venetian Life by Howells, William Dean