while

Example Sentences

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Gavito said that while “foreign policy issues may not have been the single factor, there is a tendency for a party to win when the movements align.”

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Officers are treating the death as suspicious and the road remains closed while officers investigate.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Many of Fiedler’s ideas, exciting when they first appeared, are now commonplaces, while the critic himself has been largely forgotten.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The vibrations helped them keep their assigned foot angle while walking.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

“Toward the dump. But it was a long while ago, fox. You’ll never catch her.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman