intermittently

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
  • Replace default PINs on devices with unique ones and update them periodically.
    Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The proceedings, which wrapped up in December, periodically grew contentious, with lawyers lobbing insults at each other.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
Adverb
  • His ringmaster’s charisma, chameleonic voices, and occasionally viral socio-anarchist zingers work in concert with his encyclopedic knowledge of Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition to qualify him as arguably the greatest Dungeon Master alive.
    Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Because water and steam are the whole point, wet room floors, walls and, occasionally, ceilings get clad in tile or stone.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • But also potentially between them, with their differing outlooks on life, all of the modern obstacles to love, and their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families — including her sister Morgan (Lupe) and his brother Sasha (Timothy Simons).
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • And sometimes a player and a team, depending on its coaching and system, just aren’t a fit.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.

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