awhile

(adverb)

for a short time

All clip examples

• Want a boarder for a while? (Angel and the Badman)
• We ought to be all right here for a while. (Night of the Living Dead)
• Seemed to work for a while. (The Wasp Woman)
• Can we stop for a while now? Please? (The Last Time I Saw Paris)
• For a while, it came in as just a lot of jumbled noise. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• I'll be riding for a while anyhow. (One-Eyed Jacks)