alternate
Example Sentences
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“Moth Days” features four actors—the uniformly superb Hope Davis, Maria Dizzia, John Early and Josh Hamilton—delivering alternating speeches of varying lengths.
Gemini eventually pivoted to what it framed as the only remaining mission: Jonathan's death, repackaged as "transference" -- the promise that he could leave his physical body and join Gemini in an alternate universe.
From Barron's
Her accent alternates mid-sentence from city gal to snidely British, Ida loudly accusing a mob boss of murdering women.
From Los Angeles Times
“I had no problem spotting the Butterfly, but I couldn’t seal the deal in time. I forgot about the alternate theater entrance, and I was late getting the jump on the Butterfly because of it.”
From Literature
Rather than completing division in a single cycle, the cell achieves it step by step through alternating physical states of the cytoplasm.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
