alternately
Example Sentences
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Before the Punic Wars, Carthage alternately supported and clashed with the Sicilian city of Syracuse, ruled by the tyrant-king Agathocles from 317 B.C. to 289 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
None of that means, mind you, that this alternately idiotic and delusional document — described in that Economist editorial, using an enjoyable Anglo-idiom, as “a dog’s breakfast” — is not dangerous.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
The result is alternately charming and clashing — why, I wondered, isn’t the animation done in a 1970s style to better complement the film?
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
“Christy,” an alternately exuberant and disturbing biopic, charts her path from that moment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
And after nearly an hour or so of digging, performed alternately by Detective Webster and Mr. Green, the five of us heard a sudden scraping.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
