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NOW AND THEN
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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:
But there is a hypothesis that our sun has a dark twin that likes to swing by every now and then, and stir things up.
(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Now and then, as he made an assertion, he shot a venomous glance at his opponent, who seemed to be slumbering deeply, with the same broad, happy smile upon his face.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A present of fifty pounds, now and then, will prevent their ever being distressed for money, and will, I think, be amply discharging my promise to my father.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
With these bladders, they now and then flapped the mouths and ears of those who stood near them, of which practice I could not then conceive the meaning.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
He looked at Kiche licking her puppy and stopping now and then to snarl at him.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
This said, he flew out at the door, and poor Lily followed; and every now and then a white feather fell, and showed her the way she was to journey.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The HISPANIOLA rolled steadily, dipping her bowsprit now and then with a whiff of spray.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Admiralty, he continued, entertain themselves now and then, with sending a few hundred men to sea, in a ship not fit to be employed.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
My dear, I'm going to have a pretty lonely walk between this and Kingdom Come. Won't you give me one kiss? It'll be something to keep off the darkness now and then.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Every now and then he would pluck at his hair, or shake his clenched hands in the air; and I saw the moisture glisten upon his brow.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
