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Example sentences for "now and"

  • Marriage is hardly a thing that one can do now and then, Harry.

  • Now and then, however, he is horribly thoughtless, and seems to take a real delight in giving me pain.

  • They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak.

  • The sweep and dash of the brush on the canvas made the only sound that broke the stillness, except when, now and then, Hallward stepped back to look at his work from a distance.

  • Now and then a straggler was seen; and on the twenty-second of October, I observed two in the morning over the village, and with them my remarks for the season ended.

  • Now and then, the sound of the signal cannon broke upon us again, and again rolled sulkily along the course of the river.

  • I don't deny that your sister comes the Mo-gul over us, now and again.

  • Livin' quite handy, I will make so bold as call in now and then, and make inquiry how your health and spirits is, my precious chick!

  • Indeed, I have, now and again, been more surprised by printed news that I have read of myself, than by any printed news that I have ever read in my present state of existence.

  • Extravagance is good for all of us, now and then.

  • But he even dared, now and then, to put out a tentative hand to guide the flood.

  • Now and then he stopped, and rubbed his hands together with a motion we use in washing.

  • Now and then, if she thought people were looking at her as they passed, she broke into a laugh and nodded slightly, as if still amused over her mishap.

  • She came, looking about her dreamily, and touching to her lips, now and then, with an absent air, a clover blossom she had found in the longer grass against the fence.

  • An hour, now and then, perhaps--" Mamie appeared in the doorway and Eugene rose swiftly.

  • Now and then a drowsy watchman's footsteps sounded on the pavement, or the lamplighter on his rounds went flashing past, leaving behind a little track of smoke mingled with glowing morsels of his hot red link.

  • She can open it on occasion and be busy and fluttered, but it is shut up now and lies on the breadth of Mrs. Rouncewell's iron-bound bosom in a majestic sleep.

  • No, come here, Miss Catherine, now and then: not every morning, but once or twice a week.

  • Now and then Mr. Morris would call one of his visitors aside; and after a brief colloquy in an ante-room, he would return alone, and the visitors in question reappeared no more.

  • We old people look for such reluctance now and then; and when it touches our honour, we cast about until we find some way of overcoming it.

  • The poor fellow was quite broken down, now and again he gave a low groan which he could not suppress.

  • His case in your diary interest me much, and it had bearing, too, now and again on our case.

  • At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally.

  • Now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion strikes through the obscurity of the poem.

  • At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.

  • Have you come with eyes afire to find me now and ask me that?

  • Now and again to some lone soul or other God speaks, and there is hanging to be done, -- As once there was a burning of our bodies Alive, albeit our souls were sorry fuel.

  • Now and then a carrier dead in harness, at rest in the long grass near the path, with an empty water-gourd and his long staff lying by his side.

  • Now and then a boat from the shore gave one a momentary contact with reality.

  • At least it must have been that, for she talked like a fury to Kurtz for an hour, pointing at me now and then.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "now and" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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