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Every so often   /ˈɛvəri soʊ ˈɔfən/   Listen
Every so often

adverb
1.
Occasionally.  Synonym: every now and then.






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"Every so often" Quotes from Famous Books



... out, again protesting that he would not be found failing. He was not greatly disturbed by what Barlow had said. Every so often there had to be just such sessions, and every so often Barlow had to let off just ...
— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... and said, "I've been wondering how you guessed it was a spaceship. I was surprised enough when you told me you could see us but not overwhelmingly so. I've run into believers before who could see the little people. It happens every so often, though not as frequently as it did a century ago. But knowing a spaceship at first glance! Well, I must ...
— Houlihan's Equation • Walt Sheldon

... nasty this morning and settled his hash. I had to put him out of his misery. He was gutted like a horse in the bull-ring. But he saved me all right. If it hadn't been for him I'd have got a mauling. Alphonso gets these bad streaks just about every so often. That's the second dog ...
— Michael, Brother of Jerry • Jack London

... Bud gasped weakly. "What a weapon! Just push a button every so often and you could blow up another country bit by bit—and no one could ever prove who was behind ...
— Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X • Victor Appleton

... peace. And it seems that, every so often, she has to fight for it. It was so when the Duke of Marlborough won his battles at Blenheim and Ramillies and Malplaquet. Then France was the strongest nation in Europe. And she tried to crush the others and dominate everything. If she had, she would have been strong ...
— Facing the German Foe • Colonel James Fiske



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