quite a while

noun

: a long time

It has been quite a while since I last saw her.

Examples of quite a while in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Food prices — both at restaurants and grocery stores — have been soaring for quite a while now. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026

The entrepreneurship pitch Home Depot has been at this for quite a while and has welcomed Ford as a partner. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

The conundrum of Putinism is that strategic mediocrity can enhance the regime’s durability—if not forever, then for quite a while. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Distilled water can be purchased in gallon jugs, which should last you quite a while to keep one Venus flytrap hydrated. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for quite a while

• epicondyle
• geotextile
• nucleophile
• aisle
• bile
• chyle
• file
• guile
• heil
• isle
• kyle
• mile