Sentence examples for surely for a while from inspiring English sources

Surely, for a while, novelists will be leery of setting themselves up as analysts of society, while society bucks and charges so helplessly.

Then again, the Rupert Murdoch-owned publishing house HarperCollins announced just this week that it had sold more than 1.1 million copies in a week's time, making it the "fastest-selling book in company history". "Watchman" has rocketed to the top of the New York Times best-seller list, where it will surely stay for a while.

South America's most powerful predator is surely safe here for a while yet.

He'll surely stick around for a while: Bushes don't throw in the towel before a vote has been cast.

But this is an ephemeral blog post meant to think out loud about an ending that only just happened, one that we'll surely be thinking about for a while.

BBC bashers, emboldened after the jubilee pageant debacle, will surely hold their tongues for a while, after the corporation served up the kind of consistency, quality and quantity that perhaps only a publicly funded broadcaster is capable of.

No charges were brought, though suspicion followed Picasso for a while – surely a great painter would want a great painting, ran the theory.

Surely such a development mutes the voice of doubt for a while?

While this move surely came as a surprise to many, it was actually in the making for a while.

Surely, there is no better way to understand a role than to play it for a while.

You stand there for a while with a "did I leave the gas on?" face – Surely not?