How do you use Sometimes in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Sometimes meaning
- On some occasions, over some periods, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
- On a certain occasion in the past; once.
Example sentences (20)
Sometimes the viola left, sometimes the recorders came in, mostly the violins stayed, except when one got the sulks.
Sometimes funny, sometimes blunt, the messages on El Arroyo's sign have been putting smiles on faces for decades.
One of the things you learn about new technology is that sometimes people are ready for it and sometimes they’re not.
Sometimes in life you’re the guy with the truck, and sometimes in life you’re the millennial stuck on the hill.
And sometimes as they're knitted together more tightly, sometimes they're dramatically separate, and we're pursuing both.
People are very distrustful of quote unquote mainstream media, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes for bad.
Gimli's stern and stoic attitude occasionally broke to reveal a bit of comedy, sometimes intentionally, but sometimes not.
With Glance Smart Lock Screen, every glance is a journey – sometimes into the world, sometimes into oneself.
Both dolphin species sometimes help raise babies that aren’t theirs, and sometimes they even help babies from other species.
Generation X is sometimes considered the “” generation, sometimes forgotten or overlooked during generational conversations.
Sometimes it's just a simple text to my sister and I. Sometimes it's just a note to have a wonderful day with a funny quote.
All throughout the film, we're treated to the songs that Guy and Girl write and perform, sometimes apart and sometimes apart.
It used to be that Walmart would change a price once a year or so - sometimes higher, sometimes lower.
Sometimes it’s football, sometimes it’s emotional, but that’s an excuse, every game should be treated the same, like a cup final.
The psychological impact of these interactions notably transforms Theodore, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse.
But sometimes during doubles we do fight – it’s better now since we’ve grown up but sometimes it’s still unavoidable,” Kevin said.
Optimistically, American democracy has sometimes thrived (although, I respect that some may disagree), and has sometimes survived.
Sometimes it's polluted by human activity; sometimes the water takes on characteristics of the surrounding material in the ground.
Sometimes the group presents the notion of what we should do; sometimes it’s just our imagination or interpretation of group norms.
Sometimes there is an abundance of rhyme and/or reason, sometimes there is less, and no one seems to be immune to the reaches of it.
Common combinations with sometimes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and sometimes 76×
- sometimes it 49×
- sometimes they 21×
- sometimes the 20×
- sometimes you 19×
- sometimes not 12×
- but sometimes 10×
- sometimes he 10×
- sometimes we 10×
- sometimes it's 8×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word sometimes. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.