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

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

Pave with love each golden mile, 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

It may be you can guess who, afterwhile.

From A Child-World by Riley, James Whitcomb

"Yes, but you'll think afterwhile that I got you mixed up with my meal-ticket."

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie