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Example sentences for "whilst others"

  • His work has been criticised, however, by Valentine of New York, and both are impugned by Chavero of Mexico, whilst others pass a severe judgment on all three.

  • The next day some of the men set to work at our cabins, whilst others went in quest of the wretched mule, which they found almost dead with fatigue and want of food.

  • This motley group of wild riders set off at a furious pace across the flat, some scouring after every insignificant animal that was descried, whilst others, truer wood-craftsmen, diligently scanned the ground over which they galloped.

  • Many varieties of shade are seen in this species, some males presenting the appearance of having been dipped in blood, whilst others are of a greyish hue.

  • By far the greater number are stationary, rarely, if ever, leaving the place that gave them birth, except to make short excursions in the neighbourhood, whilst others migrate to countries at no great distance from their native land.

  • Many of them never quit their dense forests, whilst others of the smaller kinds prefer the less shady trees or open country.

  • Some substances require considerable pressure to be used, whilst others, when even lightly packed, scarcely permit the fluid to pass through them.

  • The common temperature of the atmosphere is sufficient for this with some of them, as the oils of roses and aniseed; whilst others require to be cooled below the freezing point of water before they assume the solid form.

  • Various other processes for the manufacture of commercial soda have been devised, some of which are still followed, whilst others, being impracticable, have collapsed.

  • Some Greek soldiers retired to the palace, whilst others, to escape recognition, threw away both their clothes and their arms.

  • Some think he purposely went off rather than carry a load any further; whilst others fear he may have been killed.

  • The men silently took to their huts, whilst others, whose duty it was to keep watch, sat round the fires, all feeling that the end could not be far off.

  • Some, as we have seen, especially the more primitive kinds, spread nearly all over the world, whilst others had a more limited area of distribution.

  • The walls of the city were thronged with spectators, whilst others, more active or more interested, followed the army down the Vega.

  • The same course had been pursued by a considerable number of the dispersed Moors, whilst others, less enterprising or more cautious, had concealed themselves in obscure caverns and hiding places.

  • By some he was told that the enterprise was criminal and impious; whilst others, again, applauded it.

  • Raleigh was upon one side, Spenser on the other; my Lord Southampton was also half reclined upon the rushes, whilst others of the privileged sprawled about.

  • A small knot of Danes occupied a stronghold in the City, whilst others were in possession of Southwark.

  • Wat Tyler was to be made king of Kent, whilst others were to be placed in similar positions over the rest of the counties.

  • Some well-informed people assured me that it really was what its name implied, whilst others asserted as confidently that it was simply a small German settlement.

  • Many of these conclusions I had to dismiss with the Scotch verdict of "not proven," whilst others seemed to me worthy of acceptance.

  • Some had been deprived of their property by his injustice, whilst others complained of being dispossessed of hereditary employments and governments, in favour of his friends and followers.

  • Some amongst them flew to the churches, which presently became their tombs, whilst others, dreading to be swallowed by the earth, which seemed gaping to receive them, rushed impetuously towards the sea.

  • Whole nations first eat fruit and meat afterwards, whilst others do quite the contrary, and some begin their meal with one kind of fruit and finish it with another.

  • Some suppose that they migrate into milder climates, whilst others conclude, they conceal themselves in some warm spot, and lie dormant, as is the case with many animals during the severity of the winter months.

  • Some suppose he was struck by lightning, whilst others imagine he fell by the hand of Ancus Martius, his successor.

  • Some say he was destroyed by violence, whilst others speak of his decease as altogether natural.

  • We remember having some larches thus damaged by some vagabond boy, and in seven years they were only dwarf cone-bearing bushes, whilst others planted at the same time were 15 feet in height.

  • The importance of trueness and purity of seed arises from the evenness of growth of a good genuine strain; while if this quality be wanting we have some parts of our crop growing well, whilst others get on but poorly.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whilst others" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    agreeable companion; beauty and; became conscious; church property; cloth made; company commander; distant land; done gone; freshman year; grande armee; hand corner; offered upon the altar; rather than; regional party; religious service; resume work; too often; various subjects; whilst others; whilst speaking; whilst still; whilst the; whilst they; whilst those; whilst young; with three