How to Use at a time in a Sentence

at a time

phrase

• She has been gone for months at a time.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
• Stay present for each move at a time, over and over.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
• Just roll the eggs a segment at a time.
  — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
• Add eggs one at a time, mixing on low.
  — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
• Other cities make such changes one at a time.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
• They’re being held for days or weeks at a time.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
• There was only one main Lassie at a time.
  — NPR, 25 Oct. 2025
• Sarah hugs her girls, one at a time, kisses each on top of the head.
  — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
• The Brewers have to take things one game at a time.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
• Instead, the focus is on just one room at a time.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
• Skull sometimes had three poodles at a time.
  — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
• Yet, the moat must still be earned—node by node, one design win at a time.
  — Michael Cannivet, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Leaders who try to solve these one at a time aren't behind.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
• One student, one school, one warrior at a time.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
• One step at a time, and just concentrate on where your feet are.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• Roll up your sleeves and start building it, one level at a time.
  — Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
• One play, one possession at a time.
  — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
• That leaves you to chase down your own records one company at a time.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
• Short bursts of sound waves nudged the kink a few disks at a time toward the sound source.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2026
• Aim to never remove more than one-third of the leaf mass at a time.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
• Lola Young is ready to get back out there, one step at a time.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
• So frigatebirds fly over the ocean for days or weeks at a time seeking meals.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Just go out there and get settled and play my game and take it one day at a time right now.
  — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025
• This little press bakes two 4-inch cookies at a time.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
• Celeste worked up to three jobs at a time and launched a food business from her home.
  — John Blake, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
• There’s no need to mix it with water first, just add it a pinch at a time along with salt.
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 July 2026
• The lipids used to make fats and the cell membrane are built up two carbons at a time.
  — ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
• Their careers took them all over the world, which meant being apart for months at a time.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
• Ben and his dad worked on one case at a time so the editing wouldn’t be too daunting.
  — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
• The Dodgers are focused on taking things one game at a time.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025