Sentence examples of "weilen" in German with translation "while"
Ich werde mich für eine Weile von ihr distanzieren.
I'm going to keep my distance from her for a while.
Er vergaß einen Teil seiner Rede und musste eine Weile improvisieren.
He forgot part of his speech and had to ad-lib for a while.
Ich brauchte eine Weile, um zu verstehen, was sie versuchte, zu sagen.
It took me a while to understand what she was trying to say.
Nach einer Weile kam er mit einem Wörterbuch unter dem Arm zurück.
After a while he came back with a dictionary under his arm.
Mary und John stritten sich, aber nach einer Weile vertrugen sie sich wieder.
Mary and John quarreled, but made up after a while.
Es ist schon eine lange Weile her, seit wir so schönes Wetter hatten.
It's been a long while since we had such fine weather.
Diese Person hat für eine Weile ein merkwürdiges Grinsen auf ihrem Gesicht gehabt. Was steckt Ihrer Meinung nach dahinter?
That person has had an odd grin on his face for a while. What do you suppose is behind it?
Sie hat einen Schock bekommen und wollte gar nicht mehr sprechen. Es wird wohl eine Weile dauern, bis sie sich wieder fängt.
It gave her quite a shock, and she didn't want to talk about anything for a while. I think it'll be a while before she's back to normal.
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