How to Use periodic in a Sentence

periodic

adjective

• He takes the car in for periodic oil changes.
• At least here, there's periodic breaks in the hurry-up-and-wait.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 12 Mar. 2023
• This week, the clubs of the Premier League met in London for one of their periodic conferences.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• That’s the theme of Children Now’s latest version of its periodic scorecard on the state’s youth.
  — Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• El Niño is the periodic warming of ocean waters in the Pacific Ocean near the equator.
  — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
• The idea is to keep a closer watch on patients than is possible with periodic visits to the bedside.
  — Casey Ross, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
• The prison must also give periodic reports to the Justice Department on its progress.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• But the periodic court hearings at least give Gershkovich's family and friends and U.S. officials a glimpse of him.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024
• It is known as a periodic comet with an orbital period of roughly 71 years.
  — Emma Colton, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
• The effects of the videos eventually wear off, requiring the use of periodic video reminders.
  — David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2023
• With a little periodic mineral oil, these stunners will last for years to come.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
• This periodic change in rotation might be due to a tug-of-war effect between the Earth’s liquid outer core and solid mantle, writes the Times.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2023
• The inventor of the lightbulb (insert asterisk) had the bright idea that sleep was counter-productive, and so preferred to take periodic naps throughout the day and night.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2024
• It's also reportedly planned for the dining room to open for periodic pop-ups.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 Jan. 2023
• Over the past 11 months, a group of women in Gillette have led periodic search parties for the drum or any potential clues to Gakwa’s disappearance.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• More than 2 million migrant entries were recorded in each of the last two years, creating periodic scenes of chaos in border towns.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• La Niña refers to the periodic cooling of surface waters in the tropical Pacific caused by chilly waters welling up from the depths off the coast of South America.
  — Bymaya Wei-Haas, science.org, 10 May 2023
• In this way, the clock-and-wavefront mechanism controls the periodic organization of the spine.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• She is required to submit periodic reports to DPH for at least six months, according to the consent order.
  — Dave Altimari and Jenna Carlesso, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2023
• To paraphrase Shakespeare, love is not love which bends with the tow-truck driver to remove; with a Lotus, periodic interruption of service is worth the way the cars get under your skin.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 13 Aug. 2023
• With just periodic cleaning, artificial turf is a grass alternative that can give you the look of a lush green lawn without any of the toil of regular grass.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2023
• Whenever Turkey went through one of its periodic economic crises, the United States helped bail it out.
  — Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• In its place would be a series of periodic assessments, instead of a single-day test that Buckley said puts too much pressure on students.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
• So to show you some kind of periodic time dependence forever.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 3 May 2023
• The scenes of urban warfare are visceral and raw, and the only respite from the violence comes in the form of periodic tactical lectures aimed directly at the viewer.
  — Scott Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• Leather boot care usually involves periodic treatment with a good oil or wax.
  — Bob Beacham, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• But these periodic flare-ups have always fallen back on the simple understanding that has maintained some semblance of order in one of the most contentious corners of the world.
  — Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• Thanks to the ongoing wildfires in Canada, which show no sign of ending, smoky air is set to be a regular, periodic occurrence down here in the U.S. throughout the rest of the summer, experts said.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
• Some of these programs record keystrokes or take periodic screenshots.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 12 Feb. 2023
• There’s no opening date announced yet, but in the meantime, eager fans can keep an eye on the restaurant’s Instagram page for periodic pop-up events, which always draw massive crowds.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024