How to Use at times in a Sentence

at times

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  • Visibilities will be below a quarter of a mile at times in the thickest of fog.
    Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
  • Chelsea supporters found Maresca’s style of play to be one-dimensional at times.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The New York Knicks had some issues with the starting lineup at times over the past two years.
    Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • This can be a thankless job at times, and a simple thank you or act of kindness can mean everything to the men and women who give so much for our city.
    Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • Judges at times proceeded with hearings before realizing the asylum seeker wasn’t in the room.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • But what Connecticut got was the top golfer in the world, at his very best at times, yet bitten in the end by the humbling nature of the most humbling of games.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Here, kids can experience a dance party with characters from the show, and also meet the titular character at times throughout the day.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • That’s a small contract, especially for a player that has given the Pacers rotation minutes at times.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The tournament has largely been a success from the football side, but the gulf in quality between teams has been notable at times, with individual errors rife.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • So do savings accounts, CDs and gold, the asset classes that topped the Gallup poll at times in the Great Recession era.
    Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Throw in humidity, and the real-feel heat index will be even higher at times, the National Weather Service said.
    ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • And all game long, Canada outclassed South Africa, who at times appeared content to hold the ball and take the game to a penalty shootout (earning jeers from the Canada-heavy crowd).
    Sean Gregory, Time, 29 June 2026
  • The senator froze up while speaking with reporters in two 2023 incidents and suffered several falls, using a wheelchair at times as a precaution.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • And even that score undersells how one-sided the match felt at times as Mbappé, Michael Olise, and company put on a clinic of sophisticated soccer.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • Elderly right-wing protesters – some of whom had lived through the Korean War – rallied in the streets, at times calling the president a communist or North Korean spy.
    Kelly Kasulis Cho, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • His followers responded with a steady stream of invective, describing Atkin and Jammi in misogynistic and, at times, dehumanizing language.
    Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • Justices posed various hypothetical questions throughout and, at times, got into tense lines of questioning while trying to understand the attorneys’ arguments and what previous cases reflect about this one.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 30 June 2026
  • That was a concern because other research has indicated the Chinese government has, at times, delayed public disclosure of vulnerabilities submitted to the program so they could later be used in clandestine cyberattacks.
    Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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