once or twice

phrase

: one or two times : a very few times

We've eaten at that restaurant once or twice.

Examples of once or twice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Staying on top of harvests as fruit ripens, rather than going out into the garden only once or twice a week, can encourage a succession of more harvestable crops. — Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

So the publicists for writers, theaters, and museums kept writing and phoning, even offering to fly her back to New York to see this or that, once or twice mentioning a free trip to Europe. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Pulse once or twice to combine, then add the tahini and pulse another 5 or 6 times, until the mixture just comes together in a few large clumps but is still sandy. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Residents there had gotten used to periodic Russian airstrikes happening maybe once or twice a week. — Greg Dixon, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for once or twice

• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice
• feis
• gneiss