after while
Example Sentences
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Shortly after, while visiting Hank and Marjorie, she retrieved their mail, including the purported water-company letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The car races off soon after, while the cruiser drifts forward and stops.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
The impressive Chair had another good chance soon after, while Billy Sharp twice came close for the Blades either side of half-time.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2023
In 2020, the officer was honored with a lifesaving medal after, while off-duty, he rescued a man from a burning vehicle.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
Then after while Miss Ernestine got to sayin’ g’night to everbody else in the graveyard, callin’m all by name.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
