at one time or another

1. On various separate occasions. For example, At one time or another I've considered replacing the furnace, but so far I haven't done so. [Early 1600s]

Example Sentences

“If he’s a coachman, perhaps I’ve tended to his horses at one time or another,” he said uneasily.

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Almost everything made by humans, at one time or another, has been carried over the oceans.

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We all feel homesick at one time or another.

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It would appear that he's tried them all at one time or another depending on the challenge staring him in the face.

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The reality of their work was brutal; in a 1987 letter to the Times, Xenarios and three colleagues would describe their clientele as having had “knives, ice picks, bats, belts and guns shoved in their faces…. They’ve suffered bruises, contusions and broken limbs. At one time or another they’ve lost blood, hair, their dignity and a sense of hope.”

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