occasional

Example Sentences

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Both locations served as a particular kind of refuge, places where I came to new understandings and occasional epiphanies.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Also keep an eye on the website of the National Garden Scheme, a charity that posts occasional open-house dates for some 3,300 private gardens across the U.K., including many in West Dorset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Like 59% of families who will now receive more, she is working - in her case, full-time for the local council and doing occasional extra shifts at a pub to top-up her income.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Yet in a post on X, Sam Altman wrote: “I don’t expect them to go any easier on us, am sure I’ll do my part to help enable that with occasional stupid decisions.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The friendship that Duane had so hoped would blossom between the two of them had not yet progressed beyond occasional hellos.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el