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alternately
adverb as in by turns
Weak matches
adverb as in instead
adverb as in off and on
adverb as in off-and-on
adverb as in on and off
adverb as in rather
adverb as in sporadically
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Example Sentences
Ms. Case’s songs spark with this kind of powerful but finite energy, which reflects the alternately joyful and melancholy arc of life itself.
Bobby Krlic’s mournful score is alternately dreamy and eerie, the instrumental music abruptly cutting out in the middle of a hypnotic passage.
Announcer Howard Cosell, known for his love of boxing and of himself, alternately tried to intervene and calm things down while doing a sort of play-by-play.
The billionaire philanthropist has been alternately encouraged and frustrated with a team that has posted a winning record every season under his ownership, but has made early exits from the playoffs a habit.
So I’ve been quarantined in a corner of the house, reaching alternately for Tylenol and the thermometer.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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