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Examples of sometimes in a Sentence
Adverb
His jokes are funny, but sometimes he goes too far.
Sometimes I take the bus to work.
We all make mistakes sometimes.
She works nine hours a day, sometimes more than that.
The word is sometimes used figuratively.
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Health Editorial Team, Health, 6 May 2024
His henchmen came over for dinner sometimes, but that didn’t count.
—Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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Because diabetes is a progressive disease, if it is diagnosed a decade or more after its onset, the beta cells are sometimes too far gone to salvage.
—Health Editorial Team, Health, 6 May 2024
His henchmen came over for dinner sometimes, but that didn’t count.
—Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sometimes. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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