How to Use at a time in a Sentence

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• Sam Mendes is bringing the Fab Four to the big screen — one note at a time.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• Make one batch at a time—do not halve or double the recipe.
  — Shelli McConnell, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024
• The Rules of Escape: The bridge can hold only two thieves at a time.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
• Aim to never remove more than one-third of the leaf mass at a time.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
• Of course, the Blackest Met Gala yet would happen at a time like this.
  — Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 6 May 2025
• Wellness is a journey of small steps, one step at a time.
  — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
• 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
• On Friday night, the Knicks were one of the best teams in the league, at a time when there are only about to be four left.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
• The piece is microwave and dishwasher safe and has room to serve 12 eggs at a time.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
• Gamers ate it up: Sales grew 84.5 percent in March and April, and a third bought three four-packs at a time.
  — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
• One step at a time, and just concentrate on where your feet are.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• The focus was just on making pitches and one out at a time.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023
• Roll up your sleeves and start building it, one level at a time.
  — Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
• Now, every week with a few innings at a time, the Phillies can begin to dream.
  — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
• Over an afternoon, 36 bulls are released, one at a time, to tear through the crowds of men.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• Gently pour eggs, one at a time, into the center of whirlpool.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
• Trying not to think about that and doing a good job of taking it one day at a time.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
• That 20 years began at a time when the district was growing.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
• Blend until smooth, then slowly bled in the butter one slice at a time.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
• The rest of the players take turns asking one question at a time, trying to guess the answer.
  — Alex Vance, Parents, 24 July 2024
• If the dough is crumbly, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
  — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
• The Standard plan lets users stream in more than one place at a time, but that comes at a premium of more than 50%.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• This was of course the opposite of Amazon Prime, which has trained us to buy one-off products at a time.
  — WIRED, 22 June 2023
• The League's kickoff is set for Aug. 7 at Crisis Brewery, at a time to be announced.
  — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2024
• While the months and years may seem to fly, life actually proceeds one day at a time.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• Remove orzo from heat, and stir in the spinach, one cup at a time, until wilted.
  — Kia Damon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
• Finding out where a gun came from is like moving backwards one link at a time.
  — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024
• The waterer allows for three chickens to drink at a time.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
• Mazin: Over the last few years, what’s happening is, for shows that are coming out week by week, people will now save up three at a time.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
• Romania’s largest film festival features a hefty programme, which, differently from many other festivals at a time of constant budget cuts and funding troubles, has not shrunken over the last five years.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 June 2025