How to Use at one time or another in a Sentence

at one time or another

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  • But most, if not all, of us have had thoughts of self-doubt at one time or another.
    Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
  • Martin asserts that that’s all of us, at one time or another.
    Rachel Rosenblit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Their team performed all of those chores at one time or another, Schultze said.
    Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Few of us have not paused at one time or another to marvel at the beauty of a soap bubble.
    John Matson, Scientific American, 9 May 2013
  • Most of us have experienced feelings of hatred at one time or another.
    Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Losing weight can be one of the toughest challenges almost everyone faces at one time or another.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Most of these images appeared at one time or another in popular magazines.
    New York Times, 21 July 2022
  • All of which found the fire department unsuccessfully attempting to get grant money at one time or another to cover the cost.
    John Benson, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Rondon’s logs from that first afternoon show that at one time or another the river’s course flowed in the direction of each of the four cardinal points of the compass.
    Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Anger Instead of opting for passivity and avoidance, most disabled people at one time or another release their true feelings and confront ableism.
    Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Turning your keys in the ignition, only to realize your car battery died is an irritation most people experience at one time or another.
    Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • Wilson said that nearly every component of the total parenteral nutrition mixture that some critically ill infants and adults require has been in shortage at one time or another.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Swiping on a singular shade of polish without getting it all over one's cuticles, let alone free-handing any sort of nail-art design, is certainly a struggle that the average person has endured at one time or another.
    Allure, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Crestodina takes readers aboard fishing vessels, a research ship, Coast Guard cutters, tug boats (every kid’s favorite at one time or another), the aforementioned ferry, and a fireboat.
    David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Goynes, Russo, and all the other men who set foot in it at one time or another (including a possibly shifty, possibly stalwart detective, played by Jon Hamm) seem way too large for its modest frame.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 July 2021
  • All the criticisms levied against Ramona could be said about Luann at one time or another — the selfishness, the superiority, the questionable relationship to reality.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
  • More than 1,000 Enerhodar residents, including dozens of workers at Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear plant, were detained by the Russians at one time or another.
    Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • More than 1,000 Enerhodar residents, including dozens of workers at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear plant, were detained by the Russians at one time or another.
    Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022

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