How to Use after a while in a Sentence

after a while

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• Your hands go to the same chords all the time after a while.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
• That isn’t much, but the weight still wears on your ears and bridge of your nose after a while with Specs on.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024
• That can sometimes work for a long time even, but after a while, cracks start to form.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 June 2024
• Does being tied up in a chair all day take its toll after a while?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023
• But after a while, the bigger 8 would loop up and then take a few steps closer.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• The poster managed to get a seat but after a while, an elderly man got on the bus.
  — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
• So my mom would say that my dad was like her brother after a while.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
• Holding out my arms in space just to move around the UI gets tiring after a while, too.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
• The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and the broken stuff start to wear on you after a while.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024
• So after a while hanging around the same city and being in the same scene — success doesn’t seem so sweet.
  — Jim Greer, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2024
• Texts would go unanswered, calls missed, and after a while, my bond with Steve felt as lost as my youth.
  — Kui Mwai, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2023
• And after a while, what once felt like care starts to feel like over-functioning.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
• Kevin walked on through the village and, after a while, came to some houses that were being built.
  — Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• What to Consider The label tends to rub off after a while.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
• They were also met with the challenges of models who would sign and quit work after a while.
  — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025
• But after a while a cold feeling of neglect would begin to grow in us.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• Note that synthetic leather can make your feet a bit hot and stinky after a while, so keep that in mind with this pair.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
• Still, the swearing and gross-out humor loses its bite after a while.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• But, after a while, even Alec isn’t quite sure where the act ends and his true identity begins.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
• The [typewriter] ribbons were hard to find after a while.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
• And then fewer speeches to give, and, after a while, less of everything else in their lives.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
• However, the Ubisoft-esque map that's filled with fetch and dungeon quests that opens up to even more of the same wears on you after a while.
  — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
• The air conditioning on board can cause your skin to feel a little dry after a while.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
• But after a while, plain ol' water can be...well, boring.
  — Rebecca Rakowitz, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
• This is pretty common when there are no real leads after a while.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 9 Mar. 2026
• Swenson shouted, after a while.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• We’ve been lost in Bangkok but figured it out … after a while.
  — Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
• Of course, after a while the thrill of getting caught fades, and sneaking around becomes deeply sad rather than sexy.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2026
• The gunman went by Grejo, Adi gathered after a while.
  — Jonathan Miles, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
• Of course, the problem with not following through on threats is that, after a while, people tend to stop believing them.
  — Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026