occasionally
Definition:
1. Sometimes but not often.
2. Now and then or here and there.
Use 'occasionally' in a sentence:
- 1. I have a manicure occasionally.
- 2. Bake for 15-20 minutes, basting occasionally.
- 3. Mrs. Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions.
- 4. Occasionally Farling threw in a question.
- 5. Occasionally, it will take a branch and go someplace it wasn't supposed to go.
- 6. He just calls in occasionally.
- 7. Occasionally scree fell in a shower of dust and noise.
- 8. There's no harm in your staying up late occasionally.
- 9. Occasionally I find the commitment and responsibility daunting.
- 10. Occasionally his behaviour became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket.
- 11. He kept on at me to such an extent that occasionally I wished he would get off my back.
- 12. Most actors fluff their lines occasionally.
- 13. Occasionally, you want to move messages from one mailbox to another.
- 14. While these two desires often work well together, they occasionally come into conflict.
- 15. There have now been well authenticated reports that the use of this drug is very occasionally responsible for heart attacks.
- 16. Occasionally, Dad would get out his mandolin and play for the family.
- 17. I go to a club there occasionally for birthdays.
- 18. Occasionally, there is an upside for farmers.
- 19. Teenagers occasionally find it all too much to cope with and lapse into bad behaviour.
- 20. I would have twinges of guilt occasionally.
- 21. Almost everyone suffers from a headache occasionally.
- 22. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
- 23. He had occasionally tried to intercede for me.
- 24. Occasionally you come back to earth.
- 25. It wouldn't hurt you to help with the housework occasionally.
- 26. Occasionally air-conditioning units failed and it was then that fatalities occurred.
- 27. I know that I do put people down occasionally.
- 28. You probably already watch it occasionally, so why not watch it together?
- 29. Occasionally they paid for their indiscretion with their lives.
- 30. Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.
- 31. Most of the blinds were down, but occasionally the occupants of the carriages were visible.
- 32. Occasionally hospitalization is required to combat dehydration.
- 33. You may occasionally have a negative encounter that might stick in your memory.
- 34. The pickerel would occasionally arrow the surface.
- 35. Only occasionally did the telltale redness around his eyes betray the fatigue he was suffering.
- 36. Occasionally dolphins slap the water with their tails or churn it up in play.
- 37. Occasionally she stopped to rest in a mechanical way by some gate or post.
- 38. His prose is vigorous and dense, occasionally to the point of obscurity.
- 39. The wound still pained him occasionally.
- 40. He is titular head, and merely signs laws occasionally.
- 41. My father would occasionally go to his Masonic lodge.
- 42. Consequently even this vast chorus was occasionally overwhelmed by the brass.
- 43. They enjoy a night out occasionally.
- 44. We all overindulge occasionally.
- 45. We occasionally meet for a drink after work.
- 46. This type of allergy can very occasionally be fatal.
- 47. The tone of his book is consistently negative, occasionally arrogant, and often superficial.
- 48. Stir the custard occasionally to prevent a skin forming.
- 49. It's all right to borrow money occasionally, but don't let it become a habit.
- 50. Occasionally his behavior became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket.
- 51. He still misbehaves occasionally.
- 52. Birds were chattering somewhere, and occasionally he could hear a vehicle pass by.