alternately
Example Sentences
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Flippases such as MurJ move molecules by alternately exposing them to each side of the membrane without forming a permanent opening.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
The way “asses.masses” shifted tones and tenor recalled a game such as “Kentucky Route Zero,” another serialized and alternately realistic and fanciful game with political overtones.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
Those “you’s” are alternately or simultaneously specific and universal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
These alternately grave and impish modes recur throughout the show, aptly subtitled “Serious Play,” often combining in a single image.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
For hours she lay on the ground, alternately body and space.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
