Occasionally

Examples

• I did not parade with either party, but occasionally met with the wide awakes --Republicans--in their rooms, and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I had fifteen pistoles; so he borrowed occasionally of me to subsist, while he was looking out for business. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I like a change, occasionally. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The donkeys fell down and spilt us over their heads occasionally, but there was nothing for it but to mount and hurry on again. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Peggotty went occasionally to a public-house called The Willing Mind. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Tom was weeping, also, and occasionally uttering a smothered ejaculation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The Roman colonies furnished occasionally both the one and the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Blathers and Duff looked very knowing meanwhile, and occasionally exchanged a nod. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• A dim light shone at intervals from some bed-room window; and the hoarse barking of dogs occasionally broke the silence of the night. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• So I dined upon cod very heartily, and have since continued to eat as other people; returning only now and then occasionally to a vegetable diet. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Occasionally an ember rolled off the bank, and dropped with a hiss into the pool. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• At the same time, it must be observed that a very trifling addition or change occasionally gives practical value to an invention, which had been useless without it. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• They do occasionally find it necessary to come here after the sun has set. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The position was central and occasionally desirable. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The Greeks alone argued whether it was right to have them--and 'cranks' occasionally proposed emancipation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• They were both looking over Marty's shoulder at the map and occasionally making a remark to each other in their own language. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The bow is ornamented with a steel comb with a battle-ax attachment which threatens to cut passing boats in two occasionally, but never does. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As I strolled up and down, glancing at them occasionally, Mr. Rucastle came out to me, looking as merry and jovial as ever. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Later, perhaps, they occasionally go to a lecture on philosophy. Plato. The Republic.
• My aunt, looking very like an immovable Chancellor of the Exchequer, would occasionally throw in an interruption or two, as 'Hear! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Sometimes Mr. Elton predominated, sometimes the Martins; and each was occasionally useful as a check to the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I had an excellent opportunity to examine them, as the strife occasionally brought now one and now another close to where I stood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It is probable that they are occasionally transported by what may be called accidental means. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• While I can have my mornings to myself, said she, it is enough--I think it is no sacrifice to join occasionally in evening engagements. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• From time to time I heard loud voices in the parlour overhead, and occasionally a violent tumbling about of the furniture. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Occasionally he recognizes the wilful character of politics: then he shakes his head, climbs into an ivory tower and deplores the moonshine, the religious manias and the passions of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Damon, a strange warring takes place in my mind occasionally. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The daily or weekly recompence which such labourers occasionally received from their masters, was evidently not the whole price of their labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• A pin occasionally dropped with the wax, and the embers heated it red as it lay. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

Editor: Ozzie