every now and again

Synonyms

sometimes periodically intermittently from time to time at times on occasion now and then now and again on and off off and on spasmodically interruptedly

Antonyms

throughout regularly continually fortnightly habitually nonstop
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Examples

God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again. Federico Fellini

A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded. Bruce Dickinson

Everybody looks like clones and the only people you notice are my age. I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70. Vivienne Westwood

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again. Diane Cilento

There is absolutely nothing wrong with returning to the house you grew up in every now and again. It's good for the soul. Cecelia Ahern

Making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work. Eddie Murphy

Words in the phrase

every now and again

Close letter words and terms

every night every nook and corner every nook and cranny every now and then every old nook and cranny every once in a while