once in a while

1. Occasionally, not very often, as in Once in a while I enjoy going fishing. [Mid-1800s] Also see every now and then; from time to time.

Example Sentences

Then I think, maybe I should every once in a while.

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You guys have those every once in a while, it lasts an afternoon.

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It is the job of the sports columnist to be ridiculous, to lard on sweaty superlatives and routinely declare the regrettable, but once in a while, we get it right.

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They persist because, as George Soros can attest, once in a while they are proven right.

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Every once in a while an exhibition catalog turns out to be better than the show it documents.

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