OCCASIONALLY in a Sentence
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243 example sentences for OCCASIONALLY, such as:
1. Diligent students occasionally fail this subject.
2. A poor contact causes power to fail occasionally.
3. He occasionally infringe the law by parking near a junction.
4. I generally have chemicals about, and occasionally do experiments.
5. We may have to fly in occasionally from the US this spring and summer.
2. A poor contact causes power to fail occasionally.
3. He occasionally infringe the law by parking near a junction.
4. I generally have chemicals about, and occasionally do experiments.
5. We may have to fly in occasionally from the US this spring and summer.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OCCASIONALLY
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occasionally
ad. now and then or here and there
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 You mustn't blame me if you don't get on with him," he said; "I know nothing more of him than I have learned from meeting him occasionally in the laboratory.
2 I generally have chemicals about, and occasionally do experiments.
3 Sometimes he spent his day at the chemical laboratory, sometimes in the dissecting-rooms, and occasionally in long walks, which appeared to take him into the lowest portions of the City.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
4 With these two implements he trotted noiselessly about the room, sometimes stopping, occasionally kneeling, and once lying flat upon his face.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
5 Sometimes the fatal numbers appeared upon the walls, sometimes upon the floors, occasionally they were on small placards stuck upon the garden gate or the railings.
6 For whole days at a time he would lounge in his Windsor chair in the kitchen, reading the newspapers, drinking, and occasionally feeding Moses on crusts of bread soaked in beer.
7 When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill.
8 Napoleon paced to and fro in silence, occasionally snuffing at the ground.
9 He fidgeted to and fro, swishing his long black tail against his sides and occasionally uttering a little whinny of surprise.
10 I smiled to myself, and, in my psychological way began lazily to inquire into the elements of this illusion, occasionally, even as I did so, dropping back into a comfortable morning doze.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
11 Mrs. Sparsit sedately resumed her work and occasionally gave a small cough, which sounded like the cough of conscious strength and forbearance.
12 From the village were heard the distant sounds of revelry, mixed occasionally with loud laughter, sometimes broken by screams, and sometimes by wild strains of distant music.
13 So they went on for quite a time, writing, and meeting occasionally in London.
14 He could occasionally go out now in the car, and had got a strong young man as chauffeur, who could help him out of the car if need be.
15 Only occasionally the soul rises gasping through the fathomless fathoms under which we live, far up to the surface of the ether, where there is true air.
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1 Pour all but about 2 ounces of the beer over onions in skillet and cook them down over medium heat, stirring occasionally until all beer evaporates and onions are soft.
2 Winds may be occasionally gusty from the northwest during the afternoon.
3 Although James was an experienced emergency room nurse, he occasionally became queasy when faced with a particularly unsightly injury.
4 I was told that occasionally there is no medication to dispense, sometimes because of a lack of money but other times because of no drugs available in our remote area.
5 I sat with my doll on my knee till the fire got low, glancing round occasionally to make sure that nothing worse than before.
6 We may have to fly in occasionally from the US this spring and summer.
7 Unless being precisely on time is important, don't bring up the tardiness issue with an employee who is occasionally late.
8 Men were standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering at passing females.
9 Diligent students occasionally fail this subject.
10 A poor contact causes power to fail occasionally.
11 He occasionally infringe the law by parking near a junction.
12 Mrs Southern listened keenly, occasionally breaking in with pertinent questions.
13 The sardonic smile which occasionally broke through his ascetic gloom boded little good for the object of our quest.
14 Given the heavy damage inflicted on many islands in the archipelago nation, it is not surprising that conflicting reports and erroneous information have occasionally found their way into the reporting chain.
15 Regular exercise is better than occasional bouts of strenuous activity.