for a spell

Example Sentences

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I called Barcelona home for a spell, and I feel the draw to cap this visit by seeing an old doughy friend.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

She lived with her grandmother for a spell, supported herself for another and eventually fled to Edinburgh, Scotland, while still a teenager, working in a hostel bar for a year before returning to Norway.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

But if the storm tracks right across the UK, there is the potential for a spell of particularly wet, windy and possibly disruptive weather.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

You and your wife, Susie, moved to Los Angeles from Brighton for a spell after your son Arthur died.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

He visited Wittenburg once more, then Basle, before settling for a spell in Augsburg, early in 1569, and beginning a series of observations there.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin