once in awhile

Synonyms

now and then now and again

Examples

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback. Kevin J. Anderson

Every once in awhile we may fall on our face, but we insist on doing what we wanna do. Cliff Burton

Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile. Adam Oates

I almost always do things that I like, in some form or fashion. Every once in awhile that means that I don't think the script is any good and I don't have any trust in the people, but the film is shooting in Sri Lanka, or somewhere like that, so I'm going. Billy Campbell

As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too. Dan Marino

Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in awhile. Russian Proverb

Words in the phrase

once in awhile

Close letter words and terms

once in a purple moon once in a way once in a while once in blue moon once in five years once in four years