Sentence examples for I whiled from inspiring English sources
Last Friday, having spent a long night at a count in Falkirk, I whiled away a bleary-eyed afternoon on George Square in Glasgow.
It was at the last of these that I whiled away several pleasurable evenings recently, enjoying the robust delights of Central European cooking "Tu Jadamy Jak U Mamy" — the way your mother used to do it.
Dan and Pat, our Singaporean housemates, were tireless explorers (and wine-tasters), but Kate and I whiled away our days walking the fields and woods, reading and watching the breezes flicker through the olive groves.
At this point, I think of them as a time I whiled away unaware of the tide that can suddenly pull you out, beyond the shallows, into the sea of hardship, and even death".
These giddy thoughts came to me as I whiled away the time in Row CC, waiting for the orphaned Peter Parker Matthew James Thomass, at the matinée I saw; he is usually played by Reeve Carney) to transform himself from a teen-age whipping boy into his superhero alter ego, the red-and-blue ovoid-headed web slinger.
With no intention of making it all the way to Maine, I whiled away happy hours poking up into deserted coves, pushing up streams to the foot of beaver dams, lunching on sunny rocks, trolling for fish and pulling up sweet memories of other trips and other times.
When possible, I like to make a separate space for my nightcap: if I've whiled away a few perfectly pleasant hours at one restaurant or bar, I'll switch to another or drink that last one at home.
I've whiled away long car journeys saying to myself "well, Kirsty, there's a funny reason why I chose the Welsh national anthem even though I'm not Welsh".
Working at the nursing home, I'd whiled away many an hour flicking through The Lady magazine and seen the classified advertisements for nannies, housekeepers and live-in companions.
I never whiled away Sunday mornings with black coffee and cigarettes.
While I was whiling away my youth as an insurance investigator -- yes, yes, Cohen of Claims -- I met the lovely Penny, a wise and beautiful woman who utterly changed my life.
