from time to time

Definition

Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while.

Example Sentences

• "I'll find out your man, / And he shall signify from time to time / Every good hap to you that chances here."
• "On these red embers Hatteraick from time to time threw a handful of twigs."
• "“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache."