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synonyms for every once in a while

  • annual
  • intermittent
  • monthly
  • occasional
  • recurrent
  • recurring
  • regular
  • repeated
  • routine
  • seasonal
  • sporadic
  • weekly
  • yearly
  • periodical
  • alternate
  • at various times
  • centennial
  • cyclic
  • cyclical
  • daily
  • epochal
  • every so often
  • fluctuating
  • hourly
  • infrequent
  • isochronal
  • isochronous
  • on certain occasions
  • on-again-off-again
  • orbital
  • perennial
  • rhythmic
  • serial
  • spasmodic

antonyms for every once in a while

MOST RELEVANT
  • constant
  • infrequent
  • unusual
  • continual
  • irregular
  • lasting
  • permanent
  • sporadic
  • variable
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            How to use every once in a while in a sentence

            He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.
            THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
            When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.
            THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
            As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
            TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
            Each picture bore a label, giving a true description of the once-honoured gem.
            THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
            Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
            GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
            And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.
            HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETT
            The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.
            THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
            Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.
            SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM
            He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
            ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
            Afterwards we saw you once or twice at tea at the Ritz, and you took off your hat, so you must have remembered then.
            ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
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            WORDS RELATED TO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE

            • ever so often
            • every once in a while
            • every so often
            • from time to time
            • now and again
            • now and then
            • once and again
            • once in a while
            • sometimes
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