How to Use quite a while in a Sentence

quite a while

noun

• It’s been around for quite a while, and that play takes the line of scrimmage out of it.
  — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2024
• Melissa has been on the wish list for this show for quite a while.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
• And it's had a thing for sporty expander vans for quite a while.
  — New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024
• So, it's been quite a while since the Stars and Stripes have had bragging rights.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
• CHROs have been toiling in the shadows for quite a while.
  — Azure Gilman, Fortune, 3 May 2024
• The 216 has actually been in the skies for quite a while.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2023
• For the first time in quite a while, Alex felt connected.
  — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• It’s been quite a while since Shakira has been on our stage.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2025
• The Adriana had been struggling for quite a while by then.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• The Dodgers are very patient with players and have been for quite a while now.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
• Nurmagomedov was one of the best fighters the UFC has seen in quite a while.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2025
• Texas Longhorns Texas has been sitting on the bubble for quite a while.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
• Before her book and doc dropped, Pam had stayed out of the spotlight for quite a while.
  — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 10 Mar. 2023
• Byer has been a big fan of cooking shows for quite a while.
  — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• The problem for Newcastle is that the 32-year-old’s best was quite a while ago.
  — James Pearce, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
• Child-rearing requires us to be grown-ups for quite a while.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
• Burnes has reportedly also been in the sights of the Red Sox for quite a while.
  — Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
• And the residual effects of that injury is gonna stay with him for quite a while.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
• The couple had been deceased for quite a while, Mendoza said.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025
• Backstage, Kelley is also watching the episode for the first time in quite a while.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 June 2025
• Vegas ranks fourth in goals scored and sixth in goals allowed, with a top-10 power play for the first time in quite a while.
  — Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
• The Moore name has been around West Virginia politics for quite a while.
  — 538 and Abc News, ABC News, 14 May 2024
• The competition for state funding is fierce and has been for quite a while.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2024
• There was no greatness to be acknowledged for quite a while.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2023
• So The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been in development for quite a while.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• And he’s performed at the big league level for quite a while now.
  — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 14 Feb. 2026
• Our sport, our kids have been underfunded for quite a while.
  — Mitch Light, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• It’s been quite a while since a mustache has made its way to space.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
• And that’s about as political as the ceremony got for quite a while.
  — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
• Ann Kerr was mortified by the behavior of her 60-year-old coaching son, for the first time in quite a while.
  — Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026