from time to time

Example Sentences

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I agree that if you are genuinely friends with someone and you are living in a time of political change, it might come up from time to time.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

And we need to remind the audience of that from time to time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"We have to live here, the Red Zone has been shut down. Children cannot go to school, and shops are closed from time to time," said office worker Zainab Ali Uthmankhail, 27.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

From the Fed’s standpoint, the Treasury would effectively buy back $4 trillion of Treasury and mortgage-backed securities—much as the Treasury does from time to time with outstanding bonds that have become illiquid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

I was not going to let that happiness compromise my stand that, even though good things might happen in the world from time to time, nothing was right in my family or in my valley.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan