How to Use every once in a while in a Sentence
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Oh, every once in a while, one of us got loose.
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Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
17 Jan. 2026
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But every once in a while, the show does away with all of that.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
24 Oct. 2024
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Elon Musk has weighed in every once in a while.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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Every genre needs a good kick in the head every once in a while.
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Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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But every once in a while, a trend like the sheer dress is just too hot to pass up.
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Carrie Wittmer,
Glamour,
29 Mar. 2023
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And every once in a while the counselors would come back and check them.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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Congress works well every once in a while, and this is one such case.
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Nr Editors,
National Review,
26 Jan. 2024
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Then, every once in a while, you’re allowed.
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Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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But every once in a while, a recipe comes along that changes that opinion.
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Mar. 2025
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But, every once in a while, I’ll get smacked in the face by one.
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Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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All of us take a trip down memory lane every once in a while.
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Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
24 July 2026
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And every once in a while, they’re bound to lose, too, even to the little guys.
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Emily Stewart,
Vox,
13 May 2024
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But then every once in a while, there’ll be something so random.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2025
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Danielle Jonas doesn't mind flexing her last name every once in a while.
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Daniela Avila,
Peoplemag,
21 Sep. 2023
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Eating something from this list every once in a while won't hurt your health.
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Johna Burdeos,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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Even tales as old as time need to get told a different way every once in a while.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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And every once in a while, Wignot lets these songs play all the way through.
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Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2024
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He is heard telling them that the driver was holding her head up every once in a while.
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Greg Norman,
Fox News,
5 Mar. 2024
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Also, make sure your skin has a chance to breathe and be free of makeup every once in a while.
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Lisa Mulcahy,
Good Housekeeping,
30 Dec. 2022
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Even as one of the fiercest felines in the world, every mom needs a break every once in a while.
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Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2024
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Sure, engines like these deserve a break every once in a while, but they were made to work.
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Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
19 Aug. 2026
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Every couple needs a fun night out every once in a while, after all.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
5 May 2025
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Cronenworth gets a little long with his swing every once in a while.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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Clean the nozzle every once in a while to remove dirt deposits.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Of course everybody steps too far into the whiskey still every once in a while.
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Jon Caramanica,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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David hopefully will pop in every once in a while to drop some knowledge.
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Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Except, every once in a while, one film proves an exception to the rule.
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Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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And then every once in a while, there would be some whispers around the department.
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Samia Bouzid,
Scientific American,
8 Aug. 2024
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To act on that self-love, Momoa has to treat himself every once in a while.
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Liza Esquibias,
Peoplemag,
2 Feb. 2024
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But every once in a while, his collection shares with us the grief and horror of those times.
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Susanna Ashton,
JSTOR Daily,
23 May 2024
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