How to Use oft in a Sentence

oft

adverb

• Also, most cats are hard to read with their oft-blank glares.
  — Angela Hill, The Mercury News, 13 June 2017
• The second sort … oft-times spun round like a top … and these were far more in number.
  — Robert Krulwich, National Geographic, 2 Aug. 2016
• Alex Ates has oft proven to be one of the finest Shakespeareans on the local stage.
  — Theodore P. Mahne, NOLA.com, 5 June 2018
• In parts of four seasons with the Tigers, Norris has been oft-injured.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2018
• J.R. Smith was oft-injured this past season and took just two shots in Game 2 and made none.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 5 June 2017
• Next up is Kendall Roy, the troubled and oft-bumbling eldest.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2019
• In the clubhouse, photographers coaxed the two men, oft at odds, to pose for a picture.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 1 Apr. 2021
• The legacies of players like Yount and Molitor have been oft-discussed.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2020
• The state’s oft-overlooked far north, a sprawling region of mountains, forests and streams, is larger than the state of Maine.
  — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 23 Aug. 2020
• The quote oft-attributed to Mark Twain is nice summation of the weather there.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 July 2021
• This has long been the problem with the troubled and oft-delayed cleanup efforts at Hanford.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 10 May 2017
• With suits come blazers, and with blazers oft come shoulder pads.
  — Meg Donohue, ELLE, 23 Sep. 2022
• It is oft-described as the park’s heart of horticulture.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2021
• The United States has sought to balance two oft-conflicting goals.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• It’s not easy to freshen a warhorse as oft ridden as Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony.
  — Dallas News, 29 Oct. 2022
• And all the others like him: The older and oft-injured who will be available this offseason.
  — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
• Such is the limitation of a 15-inch 2-in-1, as has oft been pointed out before.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 May 2018
• Sales of the oft-underrated Alsace wines are at an all-time low, thanks to a big crop in 2018, the pandemic, and the U.S. tariffs.
  — Elin McCoy, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2020
• McNairy will star as Adams’ oft-traveling husband in the project.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 June 2022
• In fact, the oft-futile franchise has managed winning streaks of four or more games six times in 28 seasons.
  — Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2022
• Which came as something of a surprise, in light of the oft-introspective nature of the new album.
  — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2017
• The Patriots did a good job on the speedy and oft-targeted Cooks, who finished with three catches for 23 yards.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Oct. 2021
• Sir Lewis is oft spotted wearing designer garb, bling, and wrist candy to the track.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
• Bolton has a famously hawkish mien, and a very dim and oft-stated view of the North Koreans’ honesty and the prospects for peace.
  — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 4 May 2018
• Chris Paul, traded for at age 32 and oft-injured by his second season with the team, was acquired too late.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Aug. 2021
• As an oft-unheralded Guadalupe bass fishery, that small niche has room to grow.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• With no band onstage, the silence inside this oft-loud, gray, black and red space was deafening.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 10 June 2021
• The Stars could try to trade Khudobin, as contenders are oft looking for goaltending depth.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 4 May 2021
• But, to paraphrase a quote oft said by longtime Bouba leading man Kyle Chandler: Kind eyes.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 24 June 2023
• For many artists, the war has reinforced the relevance of a favorite quote that was oft repeated by Mr. Qraiqea, the digital artist killed in the hospital blast.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024