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Example sentences for "occasionally"

Lexicographically close words:
obviousness; ocasion; occasio; occasion; occasional; occasione; occasioned; occasionem; occasioneth; occasioning
  1. He shuts the drawer, but does not lock it.

  2. I wouldn't let any horrid old amah bath him.

  3. I have also examined moist soils in localities where ague is occasionally known, with other localities where it prevails during the warm months.

  4. Persons of regular occupations will accommodate themselves to the ordinary rhythm of meal schedule easily and naturally, with the difference that they may occasionally skip a meal or two when the ordinary activity has been lessened.

  5. Mr. Edison may rivet his attention on an electrical problem and stick to it for forty-eight hours on a stretch, but Taste is only occasionally on exhibition for observation and cannot be pressed into long service at any one time.

  6. Besides supplying these luxuries, I gave them occasionally a big silver dollar which they called a "cart wheel.

  7. Ten minutes were consumed in penetrating this dismal ocean of rainy vapor, occasionally meeting with great chasms, ravines, and defiles, of different shades of light and darkness.

  8. Occasionally they have been very full and instructive.

  9. The tables also show that this wave was occasionally a double, or divided one--evinced by an intervening partial precipitation.

  10. But that appearance of the moon is occasionally seen here, and the indication is, in degree, philosophically true.

  11. These extremes generally existed in Europe and America at the same time, but occasionally they were opposite and alternate.

  12. Efforts at condensation will occasionally appear, but they will be feeble and ineffectual, and occasion a repetition of the axiom that "all signs fail in a drought.

  13. But there are few forms which are not occasionally seen when no rain or snow falls.

  14. The soldiers remained in their position, occasionally uttering offensive words and pointing their muskets at the windows of the hall of Congress.

  15. It seldom rains; occasionally there are a few showers in August and November.

  16. If occasionally indecent, he is not corrupting.

  17. Bake in moderate oven for 1 hour, basting occasionally with hot Crisco, and serve hot with brown sauce.

  18. If the stock is skimmed occasionally it will be much clearer.

  19. The only other craft that penetrate that district are steamers of the Peruvian Government sent occasionally from Iquitos.

  20. The sun was very hot, but occasionally a gentle breeze helped matters a little.

  21. We saw plenty of wild turkeys, wild ducks, and monkeys on the trees near the bank, while occasionally a river seal, or nutria, would be seen curled up on a log or disporting itself near the shore.

  22. Occasionally the caƱon, always steep and narrow, became merely vertical walls of rock, rising from the edge of the stream upwards to a height of from fifty to a hundred metres.

  23. These ducks are generally to be seen perched up in the trees along the banks or else on some stump in mid-stream, although occasionally one perceives them floating with the current or swimming on the surface of the water.

  24. Occasionally one of these unfortunate victims of Peruvian "civilisation" would fall under his load, only to be kicked up on his feet and forced to continue his stern labours by the brutal "boss.

  25. They also occasionally dole out a few grains of quinine.

  26. And though young ladies residing in Paris never go, and matrons very seldom, yet occasionally it is the case that some ladies of respectability look in.

  27. As a general rule, these fellows are inferior in intellect and ability, if not in honesty, to the professional rascals whom they occasionally arrest.

  28. Occasionally the master of ceremonies turned off the flow, not, however, to give the victim relief, but to prevent his death by suffocation.

  29. Occasionally a man is suspected of being a spy.

  30. In the army, thought I, I shall be occasionally snubbed, perhaps even bullied, who knows?

  31. It is perhaps owing to this exciting characteristic of the course that that pleasant anachronism, the red coat, is still occasionally to be seen at Bembridge.

  32. When we turn for home at the ninth, we still see the sandhills stretching tumultuously away towards Weston, with their strange fantastic shapes, and occasionally a narrow, meandering ribbon of turf in between.

  33. The hills will be all the more enjoyable when occasionally contrasted with the plains, and these new holes now give the course just that extra length that it needed.

  34. Occasionally also another great golfer, Mr. Mure Fergusson, would come down from London to shed the light of his countenance upon the course and be breathlessly admired by the small boy from a respectful distance.

  35. We must not let ourselves be lulled into a sense of false security by the fact that we have occasionally a whole parish to drive into.

  36. Kings occasionally knight him, Titled ladies take him up; Even millionaires invite him Out to sup.

  37. But you occasionally ask a friend to take a glass with you?

  38. Occasionally domestic animals in small numbers are seen at the fishing hamlets, though this is very rarely the case above Hammerfest.

  39. In her course northward the steamer winds in and out among the many islands and fjords, touching occasionally at small settlements on the main-land to discharge light freight, and to land or take on board an occasional passenger.

  40. Occasionally these people kill a bear or trap a wolf, from which sources they realize both food and a small government bounty in money.

  41. The villages naturally become more populous as we advance, and gilded domes and cupolas occasionally loom up above the tree-tops on either side of the road, indicating a Greek church here and there amid isolated communities.

  42. It seems that a young Norwegian had set a trap far up in the hills, at a point where he knew that these birds occasionally made their appearance.

  43. In these rambles afield one meets occasionally a peasant, who bows low, removing his hat as the stranger passes.

  44. Nothing is especially cheap at this great Russo-Asiatic fair except such articles as no one cares to purchase, though occasionally a dealer who is particularly anxious to realize cash will make a special sacrifice in the price demanded.

  45. The ubiquitous crow abounds; and fine specimens of the golden eagle, that dignified monarch of the upper regions, may occasionally be seen sailing through the air from cliff to cliff, across the fjords and valleys.

  46. The low-lands were found occasionally bright with the golden petals of the marsh-marigold, which fairly blazed under the direct rays of the sun.

  47. There are no avenues long enough to form a perspective, the streets winding like a river through a broad meadow, but undulating so as occasionally to give one a bird's-eye view of the neighborhood.

  48. Here the Empress Elizabeth occasionally spent the brief summer days, amusing herself, as we were told, by cooking her own dinner.

  49. Here and there on the river's course long reaches of sandy shoals would appear covered with myriads of white sea-gulls, scores of which would occasionally rise, hover over our steamer and settle in her wake.

  50. Occasionally he assisted in the rustic occupations of Elliesland, but for the most part he was engaged in very different pursuits.

  51. Under a lighter and thinner disguise, the same principle of Love, which we have recognized as the great characteristic of Burns, and of all true poets, occasionally manifests itself in the shape of Humor.

  52. Perhaps he might unbend occasionally in private, but, on second thoughts, that would be more dangerous than ever now.

  53. The truth was that one of those accidents had happened which are not infrequent with persons who only occasionally practise the Magic Art.

  54. Daphne, whose sense of humour was occasionally an inconvenience to her, had certainly found the notion of a Fairy Prince in the Liver Brigade a little too much for her gravity.

  55. He saw her every day after that, occasionally in the daytime, whenever he could evade the Head Gardener's eye, and always in the evening.

  56. Possibly--but I fancy she will also recognise that a Court Chamberlain who uses a cap of darkness to overhear private conversations is an official whose devotion might be occasionally inconvenient.

  57. She was a demoiselle of some five-and-fifty summers, but my uncle thought it would be only a proper thing if she could be induced to emerge occasionally from her pensioned retirement, so far as to sing a solo now and then at our concerts.

  58. Though Mrs. Joe did say she had turned a lodging-house keeper, she could not refrain from having seven-and-sixpence worth of Brougham occasionally to see how the land lay.

  59. There is no real privacy about love-letters, any more than there is about the flags and banners of a regiment, though they occasionally furl and cover them up.

  60. There is nothing uncommon in people letting their whole houses; so why should there be anything strange in Mrs. Pringle occasionally letting a part of one?

  61. A silvery stream meanders carelessly about the lowland, occasionally lost to view by sand wreaths and gravel beds thrown up by impetuous torrents rushing down from the higher grounds.

  62. Jack hadn't forgotten how to ride, though he might occasionally find it convenient to pretend to be a tailor.

  63. If I procure his freedom we must try and get a residence either in Sicily, or some of the neighbouring islands, where he can lead a retired life, and occasionally see his friends.

  64. Occasionally they took excursions to town, and flew with avidity to every kind of vicious pleasure.

  65. I have loved you in health, and wealth, and happiness; and if a few dark days have occasionally interrupted the long career of pleasures, they have been few and far between.

  66. Occasionally a Bewick or an artist of real power is met with, but the bulk is not only dull, but of small artistic value.

  67. No doubt old nurses prattled it to their charges, perhaps weak-minded mothers occasionally repeated the ancient legends, but the printing-press set its face against fancy, and offered facts in its stead.

  68. The slight taint of priggishness which occasionally is there did not reveal itself to a child's eye.

  69. The crowds were respectful and occasionally enthusiastic.

  70. Every newspaper in the State received each week a letter of suffrage news and items from Miss O'Neill and occasionally some propaganda material.

  71. Occasionally the presence of the free negro within the Indian country was a source of grave danger.

  72. Motey, or Moty, Kennard is occasionally spoken of, in the records, as the principal chief of the entire Creek Nation.


  73. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "occasionally" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    fitfully; infrequently; intermittently; occasion; occasionally; once; random; seldom


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    occasionally found; occasionally seen; occasionally used