Read full poem →Yet for the bedchamber 'tis she you choose,
Whilst zeal, and lame, and virtue you refuse.
Ah, worthy choice; not one of all your train
Dictionary Entry
(rare or literary in North America) While, at the same time.
In a Sentence
“Drivers must switch off engines whilst on stand.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “whilst”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →These set the head, and those divide the hair,
Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown:
And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own.
Read full poem →These set the head, and those divide the hair,
Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own.
Read full poem →one thousand testaments of individuals in every rank of life must af-
ford to the Antiquary and Historian ; whilst the data which they
present for tracing the gradual approach to existing manners, and of
Read full poem →Mean time, whilst every verdant thing
It self does at thy Beauty charm,
Read full poem →If two be one, as surely thou and I,
How stayest thou there, whilst I at Ipswich lie?
So many steps, head from the heart to sever,
Read full poem →And be surprised for want of watch,
Whilst pecking corn and void of care,
They fall un'wares in fowler's snare,
Read full poem →But fate doth so alternate the design,
Whilst that in Heav'n, this light on earth must shine.
Read full poem →But fate doth so alternate the design,
Whilst that in heav'n, this light on earth must shine.
Read full poem →throughout : he was himself the jealous Kitelv of the
piece, whilst the spirit of Bobadil transmigrated as
completely into Woodward, as that of Euphorbus did