How to Use off and on in a Sentence

off and on

adverb

• The life-changing, meme-able fights off and on the field.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• But off and on the horror would force its way to the surface.
  — Time, 22 Jan. 2020
• Adding to the fun, the lights are going off and on, much to Stone’s delight.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
• Keys joined the Stones in the late 1960s and was with them off and on over the following decades.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• Her right calf bothered her off and on at the start of the season.
  — Kent Youngblood, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• The rest of the week will be unsettled with off and on rain and storm chances through the week.
  — Dallas News, 30 May 2021
• The Cascades are likely to see snow, off and on, for the next few days.
  — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2020
• Tutankhamun has been a pop star for 100 years, off and on.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• The keeper trained off and on with the Lions throughout the past week.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2021
• None of that accounts for Miles Davis, who has been hurt off and on for the last month.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• Lutz has been in the wine industry off and on since 1981.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
• Remy has lived at the hotel off and on for about a year.
  — Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, 11 Mar. 2020
• McWilliams, 33, has been homeless off and on for half her life.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• The mandate has been in place off and on since last summer.
  — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2021
• The United Kingdom had been at it, off and on, since 1799.
  — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
• Dana Littlefield, you and I have talked about this off and on over the years.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022
• Szabo, 44, has worked at City Hall off and on over two decades.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2021
• The transportation audit has been in the works off and on since at least 2020.
  — Dallas News, 23 May 2022
• The state has discussed proposals to buy the prison off and on for more than a decade.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 21 Dec. 2021
• Saturday will be a bit damp with off and on rain chances through the day.
  — Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
• The dad said his son has struggled with heroin use off and on for a decade.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2021
• Most of the lights jumped back on, then flipped off and on again a few minutes later.
  — Tom Noie, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2021
• In the shallows, set your dog on the craft and lead her to practice getting off and on again.
  — Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2020
• The younger Bigman worked off and on at the plant for 30 years as an electrician and welder.
  — Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
• His dad’s declining health has been a part of DeRozan’s life off and on for the past three years.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2021
• The carving was worked on off and on over the years, but it wasn't finished until 1970.
  — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 30 May 2021
• This group of guests has been coming to the resort off and on over the past 50 years, and this is a reunion of sorts.
  — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
• Today will be cold and dreary with off and on rain throughout the day and evening.
  — Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2020
• Culture is not something that can be turned off and on again.
  — Robynne Sisco, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2021
• Researchers have studied the colony off and on ever since.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024