intermittently
Example Sentences
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The uneasy neighbours have clashed at the border intermittently for months.
From Barron's
As children, Mrie and her sister, Alia, were obliged to plead with their father for money, which he supplied only intermittently.
From Los Angeles Times
The streetlights and the lights of passing trucks and cars flashed intermittently into the car.
From Literature
Farmers and livestock growers last month scaled back a protest over subsidies and emergency support payments that had intermittently blocked highways nationwide since the end of November.
From Barron's
While the writing on the “39” side is generally sharp, the subject matter is only intermittently compelling.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
