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
• 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
• The rest of the week will be unsettled with off and on rain and storm chances through the week.
  — Dallas News, 30 May 2021
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Culture is not something that can be turned off and on again.
  — Robynne Sisco, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2021
• Cyrus and Hemsworth's relationship was off and on across the last decade.
  — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• Lin Dunn has been with the Fever off and on in some capacity for 18 years.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2022
• More rain will be possible off and on through this week.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 6 Dec. 2021
• The stories appeared, off and on, during the second half of 1881.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022
• There would be heavy fighting off and on for almost six months.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022
• The Oceanside borrow site has been studied off and on for years.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
• It wasn't turned back on until Feb. 21, although staff claimed to have turned it off and on throughout that time.
  — Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2024
• Councilmember Joyce Clark, who has served on the council off and on for three decades is resigning from her Yucca District seat.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024