WordNet
adv. for a short time; "sit down and stay awhile"; "they settled awhile in Virginia before moving West"; "the baby was quiet for a while" [syn: awhile]
Wikipedia
"For a While" is New Zealand band Stellar*'s 12th single, and their second single from their third album Something Like Strangers. This song features Andy Lovegrove of fellow New Zealand band Breaks Co-Op. The single was released solely to the Digirama digital music store as was their previous single Whiplash. "For a While" was released roughly a month and a half before the release of "Something Like Strangers".
For A While is the sixth studio album by Chicago based alt-country band Dolly Varden and their first album since the 2007 The Panic Bell release. The official release date for the album was January 21, 2013 but pre-release copies were made available as early as October 2012.
Steve Dawson took over all the song writing duties for this album and the songs have been described as some of his most accessible, autobiographical and cohesive. Dawson himself described the album as the "most contented thematically", citing agitation and frustration in some of the previous Dolly Varden albums, and as having themes of "mortality, retrospection and gratitude."
Usage examples of "for a while".
She'll be laid up for a while, but it doesn't look like any permanent damage.
Maybe they could sit together in the parlor for a while, he thought hopefully.
Like a brainstorm came realizationwhatever danger the warden had foretold, it meant the end of public pomp, at least for a while.
But to use your metaphor, I've decided to play a different variation for a while.
From there, for a while, we may have to settle for providing our passengers with a beacon, so a shuttle can find them and take them by air to where they want to go.
Let's hold back and observe the parties for a while then pull out to the second area.
I tried to sleep without mine for a while last night and liked to have died.
Tonight Kadie had slept for a while during the long arguments and the waiting, but he hadn’.
One day she would clear away the reeds for a while and squat on the earth itself to produce her baby.
He had ruined for a while every hope of happiness for the most affectionate, generous heart in the world.
The personnel of Eyeball 1, as the team was now officially designated, were gathered around a small table in the cramped Himmit ship eating breakfast and sipping their last real coffee for a while as the planet swelled in the view-screen.