while back

Example Sentences

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The fair was the county fair, which Maya-Jade and Mim had invited him to a while back.

From Literature

“John and I have been in love for more than a decade and a little while back, we wanted to make it official in a private ceremony. We’re excited to share this new joyful chapter in our lives with all of you!”

From Los Angeles Times

“Since becoming a public figure as a teenager, it’s often the thing I least expect that people most want to talk about,” the former child star wrote in an essay for New York Magazine that echoes what she wrote a while back on her own blog.

From Los Angeles Times

I think I finally locked in on how much we were struggling financially a while back when she started buying cereal in bags.

From Literature

“A while back she started telling stories about a goose whose mother was some kind of wild robot. We all thought she was joking, but I guess not!”

From Literature