while away
Example Sentences
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Working his acoustic guitar with a French horn accompaniment — French horns! — he dares us to balance our relentless socioeconomic drive with our deep need to hang out, to while away the hours.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
Any such changes in U.S. accounting rules would be a while away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
The men, who have known each other since their earliest days in Los Angeles politics, now form a political odd couple while away from their families in California.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024
An endless scroll of homemade productions, many of them shot in small towns or farms and set to popular music, helped while away the hours across the world’s cheapest and fastest-growing mobile-data network.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
“But I can sing and I can read a little to while away the time for your lordship,” he offered, “and I can pen letters for you.”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
