In the summer evenings pleasant groups met upon the lawn; the song, the jest went round; now and then an informal dance, arranged with much laughter, Whiled away the merry hours till the stars appeared above the trees and the dew descended.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Jack happened to be out, and Slummers Whiled away the tediousness of waiting by opening a drawer in Leonard's table and reading some unimportant letters.
"Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir"
Charles Garvice
Be it but well told, even though it does not stir our emotions, the little story delights the imagination, and makes us grateful to the teller for an hour well spent or pleasantly Whiled away.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann