How to Use every once in a while in a Sentence

every once in a while

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• Oh, every once in a while, one of us got loose.
  — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2026
• But every once in a while, the show does away with all of that.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• Elon Musk has weighed in every once in a while.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
• Every genre needs a good kick in the head every once in a while.
  — Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
• But every once in a while, a trend like the sheer dress is just too hot to pass up.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
• And every once in a while the counselors would come back and check them.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
• Congress works well every once in a while, and this is one such case.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
• Then, every once in a while, you’re allowed.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Oct. 2025
• But every once in a while, a recipe comes along that changes that opinion.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Mar. 2025
• But, every once in a while, I’ll get smacked in the face by one.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
• All of us take a trip down memory lane every once in a while.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 July 2026
• And every once in a while, they’re bound to lose, too, even to the little guys.
  — Emily Stewart, Vox, 13 May 2024
• But then every once in a while, there’ll be something so random.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
• Danielle Jonas doesn't mind flexing her last name every once in a while.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• Eating something from this list every once in a while won't hurt your health.
  — Johna Burdeos, Health, 8 Apr. 2025
• Even tales as old as time need to get told a different way every once in a while.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
• And every once in a while, Wignot lets these songs play all the way through.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
• He is heard telling them that the driver was holding her head up every once in a while.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Also, make sure your skin has a chance to breathe and be free of makeup every once in a while.
  — Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 30 Dec. 2022
• Even as one of the fiercest felines in the world, every mom needs a break every once in a while.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
• Sure, engines like these deserve a break every once in a while, but they were made to work.
  — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 19 Aug. 2026
• Every couple needs a fun night out every once in a while, after all.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 May 2025
• Cronenworth gets a little long with his swing every once in a while.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
• Clean the nozzle every once in a while to remove dirt deposits.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
• Of course everybody steps too far into the whiskey still every once in a while.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
• David hopefully will pop in every once in a while to drop some knowledge.
  — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Except, every once in a while, one film proves an exception to the rule.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
• And then every once in a while, there would be some whispers around the department.
  — Samia Bouzid, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
• To act on that self-love, Momoa has to treat himself every once in a while.
  — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• But every once in a while, his collection shares with us the grief and horror of those times.
  — Susanna Ashton, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2024