Sentence examples for a while and rather from inspiring English sources

When he turns from greening Mrs. Donaldson to shielding Mrs. Forbes — adoring mother of handsome, narcissistic Graham; disapproving new mother-in-law of "plainish," capable Betty — things become a bit less kinky (for a while) and rather more dicey.

He had a stroke a while ago, and rather shrank into himself.

Finally with the advice of the board and managing director at the time, it seemed the most logical thing to do was stop for a while and solve the problem rather than just running and getting into more danger.

"Most clients are uncertain where the infestation is coming from, but we almost always find the source under a large piece of furniture that hasn't been moved in a while and has just been Hoovered around rather than under.

It's refreshing to see indie games like this pop up once in a while, where rather than your aim and the size or your weapon, creativity and ingenuity ultimately win the game.

For a while, he rather cockily propped her postcard on the mantelpiece, and in the letter to Geri he signs himself Leonardo Vincenzo.

I had to think about it for quite a while — or, rather, he obliged me to think about it.

For a company that has been investing in phone-based AR for quite a while, it launched rather quietly and in a fairly hidden spot amongst other photo modes in the Pixel 3 camera app.

He sat there for a while, rather tipsy.

How about we give Wal-Mart some credit once in a while rather than always trying to put a "Target" on its back.

They might even expect to meet some of those star professors once in a while, rather than just buy their books.4.4