How to Use at a time in a Sentence

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• Sam Mendes is bringing the Fab Four to the big screen — one note at a time.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• Wellness is a journey of small steps, one step at a time.
  — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
• The piece is microwave and dishwasher safe and has room to serve 12 eggs at a time.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
• One step at a time, and just concentrate on where your feet are.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• Over an afternoon, 36 bulls are released, one at a time, to tear through the crowds of men.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• Blend until smooth, then slowly bled in the butter one slice at a time.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
• The Standard plan lets users stream in more than one place at a time, but that comes at a premium of more than 50%.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• This was of course the opposite of Amazon Prime, which has trained us to buy one-off products at a time.
  — WIRED, 22 June 2023
• While the months and years may seem to fly, life actually proceeds one day at a time.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
• The day care had a capacity of eight children and could take care of up to four infants at a time.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Then Covid hit, and a whole generation of kids were stuck inside for months at a time.
  — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
• Anyone can rise above their station, one bootstrap-tug at a time!
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• Hannah Brown keeps climbing the media ladder, one rung at a time.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 19 July 2023
• Once fully charged, the spin scrubber can operate for up to 90 minutes at a time.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
• Wright began the book as a Twitter experiment all the way back in 2011, posting one line at a time.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• This comes at a time when tension over the Israeli conflict is simmering across the country.
  — Dara Kerr, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
• Check a dish's capacity by filling it with water, a quart at a time.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2023
• Maybe, just maybe, the Fed shouldn't be dumping bonds onto the market at a time when everyone else is, leading yields to spike up?
  — WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• This style is also much more comfortable than having to hold onto an old-school leash for miles at a time.
  — Mike Richard, Women's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• Soon the three of us were shaking the tree like locusts, jumping and snatching green cherries out of it two and three at a time, stuffing our mouths and laughing.
  — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• The least joyful part of the Vision Pro is typing with its floating keyboard, which requires poking one key at a time.
  — Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• Even more so, at a time where there are more female creative directors leaving the scene than joining it.
  — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2023
• The saucer also holds up to 12 ounces at a time and features four feeding ports, allowing multiple birds to feed at once.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2024
• Brooks and Yearwood hope to continue the work of the former President and first lady, and make a difference one house at a time.
  — Christopher Dawson, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• All Saar’s years of work and creativity came together at a time when the art world was finally ready for her.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• Griffin’s company fixed up one home at a time, selling the first few at a loss to lure buyers and reset the housing market.
  — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
• Others, called periodical cicadas, stay in the ground for years at a time.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
• While the story takes place at a time of elections, the filmmakers keep that political battle in the background.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 2 May 2024
• And, on top of that, Uncle hated travelling, and would go years at a time without leaving Kumasi.
  — Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• For passengers in this coach, there is a small outdoor viewing area, where one to two people at a time can stand and peek outside an open window.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 23 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024