How to Use now and then in a Sentence

now and then

adverb

• What’s the harm in a little over-the-top dessert now and then?
  — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2020
• Skim off the muck that floats to the top every now and then.
  — Fortune, 22 Jan. 2021
• Every now and then, the stars align in the BA Test Kitchen.
  — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit, 10 Sep. 2019
• But every now and then, Hart hits the nail on the head.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
• All of us like to hang on to the past every now and then.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
• Every now and then, the pair had to dunk the tarp in the water to cool it down.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Maybe this was the kind of NBA game that happens now and then.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• All of us go off track now and then, in ways large and small.
  — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
• And now and then a brave author gives us a book about the end of life.
  — Sophie Blackall, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• Storm attended a few of the games, and the two would meet for lunch now and then.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Grim Reaper has even been known to wander through now and then.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
• But every now and then that frigid air comes down across the U.S.
  — Nate Perez, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
• Their hope is that, between now and then, the cream of their depth chart will rise to the top.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
• Yet, these scores, while performed now and then, are not part of the canon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• And a stray rock star would come by every now and then.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2024
• Use the time between now and then to prepare for what’s to come.
  — cleveland, 2 May 2021
• Even the best sleepers need a little help now and then.
  — Kelsey Kunik, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023
• The book is on my shelf, to be consulted now and then, but the ears have it.
  — The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The players are nice enough to mix in every now and then.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2021
• But with four days to go, a lot can change between now and then.
  — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
• And now and then, there was even a stack of dishes that needed to be done.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
• Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
  — Scott Fowler, charlotteobserver, 11 Apr. 2018
• Emails that start along those lines come to me every now and then.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2020
• Every now and then, there's a need to wrap oneself in a blanket-like outfit just to make it past the door.
  — Frances Solá-Santiago, InStyle, 25 Jan. 2026
• Parmesan rinds tend to stick to the bottom of the pan, so stirring the broth every now and then helps mitigate this.
  — Hailee Catalano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
• Have a glass of wine now and then.
  — Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
• Playing Sherwood too much between now and then obviously could have led to injury, too.
  — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2026
• Between now and then, the Horns will have plenty of time to figure out how to put together a full 40 minutes of hoops.
  — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
• Even the genius minds behind Heated Rivalry can make a mistake now and then.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Jan. 2026