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AT TIMES
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sporadically and infrequently
Example:
as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention
Synonyms:
at times; from time to time; now and again; now and then; occasionally; on occasion; once in a while
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Context examples:
At times, too, when the wild fit was upon her, she would break into pertness and rebel openly against Alleyne's gentle firmness.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I have no doubt of his having, at times, considerable influence; but it may be perfectly impossible for him to know beforehand when it will be.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
By degrees, however, his sorrow grew less, and although at times he still grieved over his loss, he was able to go about as usual, and later on he married again.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Wax esters are also an important lipid in the oceans worldwide, at times storing at least half the carbon produced by plant-like marine organisms.
(Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes, National Science Foundation)
If I were alone, would he not at times force his abhorred presence on me to remind me of my task or to contemplate its progress?
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
There were three different conclusions to be drawn from his silence, between which her mind was in fluctuation; each of them at times being held the most probable.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Henry Jekyll stood at times aghast before the acts of Edward Hyde; but the situation was apart from ordinary laws, and insidiously relaxed the grasp of conscience.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Nearly everyone shows some of these behaviors at times, but ADHD lasts more than 6 months and causes problems in school, at home and in social situations.
(Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
As they were surveying the last, the general, after slightly naming a few of the distinguished characters by whom they had at times been honoured, turned with a smiling countenance to Catherine, and ventured to hope that henceforward some of their earliest tenants might be our friends from Fullerton.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
