as in occasionally
on some occasions
sometimes I like to go skiing, and sometimes I prefer to stay inside where it's warm
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Recent Examples of sometimes
My Weekly Routine Cleaning the sink basin each day is definitely important, but there are a few other parts of the sink that need to be cleaned weekly or sometimes a few times a week.
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Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Long before tweets could topple reputations, whispers did the job just fine—sometimes with deadlier precision.
—Oriel Feldmanhall, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Marburg is notorious for its high death rate, sometimes killing almost 9 out of every 10 patients.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
Though they are considered color-safe, oxygen bleach stain removers shouldn't be used on wool or silk and can sometimes cause bleach spots.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
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Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Long before tweets could topple reputations, whispers did the job just fine—sometimes with deadlier precision.
—Oriel Feldmanhall, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Marburg is notorious for its high death rate, sometimes killing almost 9 out of every 10 patients.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
Though they are considered color-safe, oxygen bleach stain removers shouldn't be used on wool or silk and can sometimes cause bleach spots.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sometimes
Adverb
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Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Invariably, there are at least two of them in every starting XI — occasionally Emery will play three — with the player disguised as the left-winger actually a second No 10.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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As if the local deer population had enough to worry about as the bow hunting season begins, now a disease is spreading between them.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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This was the 11th World Cup, and now five had been won by the host nation.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sometimes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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