at times
English
Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) On occasion, sometimes.
- Synonyms: at turns, in times, occasionally; see also Thesaurus:occasionally
- I feel lonely at times, but then somebody phones, or calls round, and I cheer up again.
- 1956 February, R. C. Riley, “The Lymington Railway and Isle of Wight Ferry”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:
- She is popular with passengers as an all-weather vessel, but rather the reverse with yachtsmen as she has at times proved somewhat unwieldy, and certainly takes up a good deal of space in the narrow channels.
- 4 March 2015, Louise Taylor, “Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle”, in The Guardian[1]:
- If at times Van Gaal’s players let themselves down with careless concessions of possession, Carver knew his side had been reprieved when, back to goal, Wayne Rooney controlled the ball on his chest, swivelled and dinked a shot wide.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
- This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
Translations
on occasion, sometimes
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