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

He planned for more of it, seeing otherwise a dull evening ahead; and reverted, afterwhile, to a forbidden subject.

From Alice Adams by Tarkington, Booth

At first he was grateful for the light; afterwhile, however, he detected an uproar distinguishable from the wind; it had no rest or lulls, and in its rise became more and more a human tone.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis

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

The kopeck that you win by guile may swell your roll today, but in the clammy afterwhile it melts that roll away.

From Rippling Rhymes by Mason, Walt