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Example sentences for "whiles"

Lexicographically close words:
whiffling; whiffs; whil; while; whiled; whilest; whiling; whilk; whill; whilom
  1. But between whiles there was little conversation to interrupt the monologue of the river, which seemed to find itself many voices under the bridge.

  2. I whiles think there's mair in that body than we moorland men wot of,--I canna leave him to be cut in pieces.

  3. I hae seen houses that some fouk whiles gaed by.

  4. Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be To say there is no vice but beggary.

  5. Such men as this are never at heart's ease,' Caesar remarks in confidence to a friend, 'whiles they behold a greater than themselves.

  6. There was a sound as of small stones being thrown, and rolled here and there; and between whiles came a horrid cheeping and squeaking.

  7. The brooks were murmuring, the thickets rustling, like the secret talk of lovers; and between whiles a nightingale complained in sweetest pain.

  8. Gen'l Heard died whiles de war wuz ragin' an' Ole Mistis come out on de po'ch an' tolt us we wuz all free.

  9. I've whiles dreamed something like this, and cried when I wakened.

  10. Why, I can smile, and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'Content!

  11. Whiles lions war and battle for their dens, Poor harmless lambs abide their enmity.

  12. Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.

  13. Her sighs will make a batt'ry in his breast; Her tears will pierce into a marble heart; The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn; And Nero will be tainted with remorse To hear and see her plaints, her brinish tears.

  14. Alas, that Warwick had no more forecast, But, whiles he thought to steal the single ten, The king was slily finger'd from the deck!

  15. No, Mistress Marcella, ye can tell yer father not tae go sendin' children beggin' for credit whiles he hugs his bar'l.

  16. And whiles he doesna understand very far, but he's got a trick of putting things nicely.

  17. There wasn't any man since the wan that sang a long whiles ago.

  18. Mother do be moighty queer sometimes, and other whiles she don't notice.

  19. I'll have no men singin' round whiles I'm not here.

  20. Whiles yet the dew's on ground, gather those flowers; Make haste; who has the note of them?

  21. Should he make me Live like Diana's priest betwixt cold sheets, Whiles he is vaulting variable ramps, In your despite, upon your purse?

  22. Whiles that in all Citees and common wealthes, the Princes and gouer- [Sidenote: The force of lawes.

  23. The mourners moved away slowly without aim, by devious paths, staying at whiles to read a name on a tomb.

  24. Mayhap it was this, the love that might have been, that lent to her softlyfeatured face at whiles a look, tense with suppressed meaning, that imparted a strange yearning tendency to the beautiful eyes, a charm few could resist.

  25. And whiles they spake the door of the castle was opened and there nighed them a mickle noise as of many that sat there at meat.

  26. He curled them between his palms at whiles and swallowed them softly.

  27. There was a happy night to follow soon, and it is my grief that my pen cannot grasp the spirit of it, so that reading you would laugh with her and whiles be eerie.

  28. I hope you'll come in sometimes and see me whiles at night and join in a glass of toddy," said Mr. Cleland.

  29. Whiles a weakness," said Wanton Wully, for he was no hypocrite.

  30. ROBIN was a proud outlaw, Whiles he walked on ground, So courteous an outlaw as he was one, Was never none yfound.

  31. And, by my troth, thou shalt none fail The whiles I have any good; And brook well thy four hundred pounds Which I lent to thee!

  32. There might no man to thee trust, The whiles thou wert alive!

  33. And other Lords said, "We think it for the best With you to be ready for to go; Whiles that our lives may endure and last.

  34. O, for honor of our Land, Let vs not hang like roping Isyckles Vpon our Houses Thatch, whiles a more frostie People Sweat drops of gallant Youth in our rich fields: Poore we call them, in their Natiue Lords Dolphin.

  35. And Gentlemen in England, now a bed, Shall thinke themselues accurst they were not here; And hold their Manhoods cheape, whiles any speakes, That fought with vs vpon Saint Crispines day.

  36. Therefore, whiles I do entertain the prince With greatest pleasure that our court affords, Endeavor you to win your daughter's thought.

  37. But mine or thine, Bazulto, be content; Here, take my handkerchief and wipe thine eyes, Whiles wretched I in thy mishaps may see The lively portrait of my dying self.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whiles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.