once in a while

phrase

: now and then

spent most of their time at home, but went out once in a while

Examples of once in a while in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wake up from your woke world and read the Daily News once in a while so you can be informed of that 3-year-old on the playground who had their brains blown out, or that subway rider who was pushed onto the rails. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

But once in a while, as in Boyle Heights, things go blooey big time. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Even once in a while, from under the ocean floor, hot magma erupts through the gaps and then cools down to form new planetary crust. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026

Islands are decoupled from each other, and synchronizing knowledge between them happens once in a while. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for once in a while

• aisle
• bile
• chyle
• file
• guile
• heil
• isle
• kyle
• mile
• pile
• rile
• smile