How to pronounce awhile
Listen to awhile in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“awhile” in real sentences
146 clips in the index · 97 American · 1 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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WE DEVALUE THEM AFTER AWHILE.
National Archives · hear it here
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You played pro for awhile.
Smithsonian Air & Space · hear it here
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may take me awhile to get there.
CDC · hear it here
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I think it had gone dormant for awhile.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of awhile. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.