Meaning of at times in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    at times

    Definitions

    1. now and then or here and there

    Examples

    • « he was arrogant and occasionally callous »
    • « open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees »
    • « they visit New York on occasion »
    • « now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us »

Famous quotes

  • « There's something very beautiful and compelling about someone who has ambition and someone who knows what they want, but it can get a little frustrating at times, so I understand that. I have sympathy for that. »
    Michael Ealy
  • « I think, and I mean this sincerely, I was raised humbly. We were a lower middle income family and a household that was scrimping by at times. We were watching the dollar, stretching the dollar, and coupons. It was all those things. »
    Bryan Cranston
  • « I'm pretty quiet. But I love to play sports. I like playing all sports. I'll act goofy at times around my wife and my son, around my own family. I like to have fun in general. »
    Steve Blake
  • « Man has, as it were, become a kind of prosthetic God. When he puts on all his auxiliary organs, he is truly magnificent but those organs have not grown on him and they still give him much trouble at times. »
    Sigmund Freud
  • « I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well. »
    Ray LaMontagne

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