alternately

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Gary Gunn’s alternately delicate and lush musical score lends lyricism to scenes that often burst with barely contained anger and violence.

From Washington Post

The initial review of Mr Goecke's show, In The Dutch Mountains, was described by Ms Hüster as like being "alternately driven mad and killed by boredom".

From BBC

Gordy and Robinson alternately stood and applauded and clapped along, sometimes singing as well, while the artists sampled the vast Motown catalog.

From Seattle Times

"Nine bonobos were presented alternately with the reflective and non-reflective sides of a mirror," scientists wrote in a 1994 paper published in the International Journal of Primatology.

From Salon

Nonetheless, the 46-year-old Asainov listened politely to government witnesses on a day this week, alternately stroking his beard and folding his arms across his chest.

From Seattle Times