while away

verb

whiled away; whiling away; whiles away

: to spend (time) doing something pleasant and easy

We whiled away the afternoon with a walk around the garden.

Examples of while away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Shopping in downtown Cambria is a nice way to while away an afternoon as well, and that will put you relatively close to Robin’s Restaurant, which has been serving eclectic comfort food in this community for years. —Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2026

Where kids whiled away summers abroad, or at Ivy League enrichment programs—not serving coffee and sweeping floors for minimum wage. —Literary Hub, 19 May 2026

Campers can while away their hours with axe throwing, Quidditch matches, foam sword fights, live-action role-play, escape room challenges and more. —Robin Roenker, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

As such, early iterations of Magic relied on paper cards, at a time when whiling away the hours around the dining table was commonplace. —Saro McKenna, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026

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