How do you use Intermittently in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Intermittently meaning
Stopping or starting at intervals.
Using Intermittently
- The main meaning on this page is: Stopping or starting at intervals.
- In the example corpus, intermittently often appears in combinations such as: intermittently in, intermittently for, continued intermittently.
Context around Intermittently
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Intermittently
- In this selection, "intermittently" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, moody, expected, read, sealed, lovely and conducting stand out and add context to how "intermittently" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include been used intermittently by in and both worked intermittently in film. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "intermittently" sits close to words such as aesthetically, apa and aqsa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with intermittently
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Light snow and flurries are currently expected intermittently from March 4 to 15. (13 words)
The film initially moves at a steady pace but slows intermittently until the interval. (14 words)
The company said books will only return during holiday seasons, and intermittently outside of that. (15 words)
And the Holland international has revealed holding talks with Slot over his role in the team this season having been used intermittently by in a various number of positions during his debut Liverpool campaign last term. (36 words)
While Jenkins and Berry have both worked intermittently in film and TV since O.C. and Stiggs, neither is an especially familiar name, and on this basis it’s not hard to see why. (34 words)
It puts an exclamation point on Janeway’s conflicted emotions towards a profession that forces him to leave home, leading to this sensitive, often moody, intermittently lovely, if cautionary, set. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bauman graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick and owned a home in Portland that she rented out intermittently, but she’d never lived here full time.
During these closures, there will be lanes will be intermittently sealed off on the -bound carriageway of the A249, but traffic will still be able to use the route.
It puts an exclamation point on Janeway’s conflicted emotions towards a profession that forces him to leave home, leading to this sensitive, often moody, intermittently lovely, if cautionary, set.
Light snow and flurries are currently expected intermittently from March 4 to 15.
Once live, she'll shuffle the cards and start to read, intermittently conducting personal readings for a select few and cleansing the virtual space with incense and breath work.
Peace deals have only worked momentarily and intermittently, with democratic transitions persistently thwarted by kleptocratic warlordism.
So, I had to manage to catch some of it on my phone with the pictures freezing intermittently throughout, making it uninteresting to watch and technically impossible to analyse.
The site was enveloped in tear gas, while some demonstrators intermittently threw objects at police lines.
While Jenkins and Berry have both worked intermittently in film and TV since O.C. and Stiggs, neither is an especially familiar name, and on this basis it’s not hard to see why.
And the Holland international has revealed holding talks with Slot over his role in the team this season having been used intermittently by in a various number of positions during his debut Liverpool campaign last term.
He determined that when the power came back on, the surge had fried some essential studio equipment and caused the internet to work only intermittently (resulting in intermittent streaming).
Like its peers, United Rentals historically has provided its customers with equipment that was intermittently used, such as aerial equipment and portable generators.
Snow and hail showers were expected to hammer northern Scotland intermittently, intensifying and becoming more frequent from Monday night into much of Tuesday, and then continuing into Wednesday morning.
The business closed in July 2014 after the site was sold for agricultural use, but Mr Fitzsimon said it had only been utilised for farming "intermittently" since then.
The company said books will only return during holiday seasons, and intermittently outside of that.
The film initially moves at a steady pace but slows intermittently until the interval.
The IDF’s year-plus-long offensive against Hamas in the enclave has greatly curbed rocket fire from the Strip, although Palestinian terrorists still intermittently target the Jewish state.
The snow began falling on Monday evening and is expected to continue intermittently Tuesday and potentially into Wednesday morning.
Through the early weeks of the spring season, wins came intermittently for Peetz baseball as the Bulldogs struggled to find any consistency.
While music took centre stage, speakers, including performers, intermittently reminded attendees of the importance of registering to vote.
Common combinations with intermittently
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- intermittently in 9×
- intermittently for 8×
- continued intermittently 8×
- intermittently since 5×
- intermittently over 5×
- be intermittently 4×
- only intermittently 4×
- intermittently to 4×
- out intermittently 3×
- and intermittently 3×