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Example sentences for "what while"

  • So they dragged him away, what while he wept and spoke the words which whoso saith shall nowise be confounded, to wit, "There is no power and no virtue save in God the Most High, the Sublime!

  • So they stripped him of his clothes and taking the ring from his finger, beat him grievously, what while he cried out for succour, but none succoured him, and besought protection, but none protected him.

  • Salim answered, "I will swear to thee by whatsoever oath thou wilt administer that I will keep thy secret and will not speak one syllable anent thee, what while l am in the land of the living.

  • Thou madest known to us therein the road of righteousness, When we had wandered from the Truth, what while in gloom it lay.

  • They bound his hands and he wantoned among them, what while they [well-nigh] died of laughing at him and the Khalif swooned away for excess of laughter.

  • Indeed, 'tis incumbent on me to requite thee, what while I live, though from thee I be far distant.

  • Wherefore it were wiser that I should leave dwelling here, what while Dhat ed Dewahi is behind me; but I claim of thee the like kindness and courtesy I have shown thee, for my father and I are now become at odds on thine account.

  • I strained him to my breast and drank his lips' sweet wine, what while I of the honey and of him who sells it had delight.

  • If ye weep thus, what while ye are yet together, how will it be when ye are parted?

  • My hand, what while my tears rain down, writes and desire makes moan Unto the paper by the pen of all my weary dole.

  • And Selim answered, 'I will swear to thee by whatsoever oath thou choosest that I will keep thy secret and will not speak one syllable against thy due, what while I abide on life.

  • And they gave not over taking turns at him and beating him, till they were weary, what while El Merouzi stood laughing and saying in himself, 'It is not I alone who have entered into sin against him.

  • And they vied with each other in making mock of me, what while I suffered sore chagrin.

  • And he leaped a stile to share his allotted provision with a dying dog, and afterward, being hungry, a wall to pilfer apples, what while I walked in the trodden path.

  • Then these three princes rose and knelt before the priest; in long bright garments they were clad, and they glittered with gold and many jewels, what while he standing among them shuddered in his sombre robe.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    four lines; morbid condition; noble knight; this good; what appeared; what applies; what are; what comes; what country; what direction; what estate; what had been done; what had once been; what hath; what have; what kind; what king; what little; what may; what means; what part; what signifies; what sort; what terms; what used; what would you have