every so often
Example Sentences
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IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the risk in the sector “keeps me awake every so often at night.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
But every so often the 34-year-old mayor says something that reveals his harder-edged politics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Thompson’s scheming newlywed manipulates the other characters with the confidence of a queen who controls all the pieces on the board, but every so often she simply has to flip the table over.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2025
And yet, every so often, I find myself craving something from that dusty, disrespected corner of the culinary canon.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025
Dad was quite careful about his elbows, but every so often would forget.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
