whilst

Example Sentences

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The captain's returns with the bat have diminished – he averaged 18 during the Ashes – whilst his bowling has improved.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

"If we're able to make good on what we've been taught and what we've gone through and it makes us a better side, whilst it still hurts, it will make us a better side."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Meanwhile, the cloud that has been lurking across southern Scotland and Northern Ireland should clear and whilst not as hot it will at least be sunny.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“I’m not aware of huge numbers of elderly people falling out of windows whilst cleaning them,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

“It’s ’cause if you farted whilst the locomotive was on the bridge, you’d knock the whole thing into the river.”

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis