after awhile vs after a while

Both "after awhile" and "after a while" are correct, but they are used in different contexts. "After a while" is the more common and standard phrase, meaning after a period of time. On the other hand, "after awhile" is less common and is used informally to mean after a short time or after a brief period.

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after awhile

This phrase is less common and used informally to mean after a short time or after a brief period.

This phrase is used informally to indicate that something will happen after a short period of time.

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Some people can't take it here after awhile.
Sense of smell- it's destroyed after awhile.
A kennel starts to stink after awhile.
She said that goes away after awhile.
Peekaboo! Perhaps it gets a bit repetitive after awhile.
'cause after awhile, that's like Trying to light a wet book of matches.
And then after awhile, it just... it didn't matter.
We lie to ourselves so much that, after awhile, the lies start to seem like the truth.
But after awhile, he runs out of things to keep himself numb.
And after awhile, it just... starts to consume you.
Then after awhile I just started feeling like I deserved it.
I mean I'd bore you after awhile, you know I would.
It's like when you say your name over and over again in the mirror... ...and after awhile, it sounds crazy.
And after awhile, I knew... I knew what he was doing, what he was up to.
And after awhile, I knew... I knew what he was doing, what he was up to.
For a long, long time I had a lot of fun being that person but after awhile, it just became more and more impossible to be that person because I really never wanted to be that person to begin with.
After awhile I left and walked over towards Broadway.
IT JUST GETS FRUSTRATING AFTER AWHILE.
After awhile... you'll see for yourself, Chatree.
After awhile, hair will start to get knotted

Alternatives:

after a while
in a little while
shortly
soon
in a bit

after a while

This is the more common and standard phrase, meaning after a period of time.

This phrase is used to indicate that something will happen after a period of time has passed.

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3 days ago ... The meaning of AFTER A WHILE is after some time has passed. How to use after a while in a sentence.
“I kind of gave up on it after a while, became too hard, closed my eyes, didn't want to know about it”—adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus describe defeat in ...
Dec 17, 2013 ... I have noticed that people out West say, “after a while” in situations where I would say, “in a while.” Which is grammatically correct?
Azure CLI query gets stuck after a while. Priyank Shukla 0 Reputation points. Mar 24, 2023, 8:49 AM. Hi,. I have strange issue regarding indexing Blobs in ...

Alternatives:

after some time
eventually
in due course
in the end
over time

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