alternately
Example Sentences
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Gary Gunn’s alternately delicate and lush musical score lends lyricism to scenes that often burst with barely contained anger and violence.
From Washington Post
And anyone who has ever been the focus of a child’s impossibly inflated regard will feel alternately charmed and gutted by Sam’s devotion.
From Washington Post
Edwards sustained what was described alternately as a right foot or ankle injury in the first half of the Huskies 73-37 victory, diving over some courtside seats for a loose ball.
From Seattle Times
Lush, lyrical and surprising, LaVoy’s storytelling skill draws us into this alternately enchanting and sobering tale of how legends are born, and how sometimes they need to die.
From Seattle Times
Now he is alternately a loser, a criminal, a joke or a has-been.
From Salon
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