intermittent
Example Sentences
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As she writes in her new memoir, “Bread of Angels,” “Mine was a Proustian childhood, one of intermittent quarantine and convalescence.”
This is a group that got started during the coronavirus pandemic, meeting every couple of weeks at the local cricket club when Britain’s intermittent lockdowns would permit.
From Seattle Times
A correspondence that spans years might have its intermittent sputters, but it finally ends for a reason, and often — as with nearly all of the pairs mentioned here — that reason is someone’s death or debility.
From New York Times
Plus, the medications are expensive - and in recent months, hard to get because of intermittent shortages.
From Washington Times
Plus, the medications are expensive — and in recent months, hard to get because of intermittent shortages.
From Seattle Times
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