occasional
Example Sentences
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Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
He was fairly expressionless throughout, aside from the occasional shrug of the shoulders or glance at his team.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Much of the movie is wordless except for the occasional “Good boy” in an unusually taut script by Cameron Alexander, his first produced feature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
"This will continue for 30 days, with occasional stops to do other early calibration activities."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
It was a good place to swim, skip stones, fish, or float a small boat—if you watched out for rocks and didn’t mind the occasional snake.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Vocabulary lists containing occasional
The Cay
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Bridge to Terabithia
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
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