between-whiles

Two or three, including the owner, sprawled in the cockpit, shuddering when the yacht lifted and raced and sank dizzily into the trough, and between-whiles regarding the shore with yearning eyes.

The King of the Greeks 2010

Melbury resolved to inquire and wait, hoping still, hut oppressed between-whiles with much fear.

The Woodlanders 2006

We met a terrible storm of thunder and lightning, and between-whiles the fiery sun sent down his beams upon a parched plain.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

And moreover the dictation is not continuous, or not continuous except in very lively and well-living natures; and between-whiles we must brush along without it.

Lay Morals 2005

The easygoing verb is defined in the OED as “to move indolently, resting between-whiles or leaning on something for support,” which grew out of an earlier meaning, “to skulk, to slouch.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

The easygoing verb is defined in the OED as “to move indolently, resting between-whiles or leaning on something for support,” which grew out of an earlier meaning, “to skulk, to slouch.”

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Whenever he is not cooking, he is thawing out ice, and between-whiles running out and hoisting on the windlass for his comrades in the shaft.

HOUSEKEEPING IN THE KLONDIKE 1993

She seemed to be the only person present — except for Mr. Poole, who ate an enormous tea, and recited, between-whiles, the most atrocious limericks — who was wholeheartedly enjoying the party.

Death at the Opera Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1939

She was looking, from time to time, anxiously towards the avenue, as if expecting a post-chaise; and between-whiles busied herself in adjusting the blankets, so as to protect her father from the cold, and in answering inquiries which he seemed to make with a captious and querulous manner.

Chapter XIII 1917

Miguel, hilarious in that he had ridden Boyar to second place, and so upheld the Moonstone honor, sang many strange and wonderful songs and baited Collie between-whiles.

Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail Henry Herbert Knibbs 1909