whilst

Example Sentences

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"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

Earlier this month, the South African government condemned criminal acts directed at foreigners, whilst conceding the country needed to deal with illegal immigration.

From BBC • May 27, 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

His maternal grandfather served time in prison for armed robbery, whilst his grandfather on his father's side was a "traditional working-class Tory" who had served in the Navy during the Second World War.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Sitting there with purple and black streaks running down his chest and bawling whilst wearing half a woman’s leaf dress was the kind of thing that no one wouldn’t let him forget about for years.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis