for a while

Example Sentences

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Sometimes after eating but also sometimes when I’d been sitting for a while, reading or watching television.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The market is finally catching on to what individual stocks have known for a while now—volatility is becoming a problem for investors.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Other remaining brand-name correspondents, including the ageless Lesley Stahl, for a while were feared to be fingering their rip cords too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

OpenVPN OpenVPN has been around for a while and is deemed very secure.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

At school, Bat had been helping to clean up Babycakes’s enclosure for a while now, and poop and pee were just part of having an animal.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold