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now and then
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Princeton's WordNet
occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, at times, from time to timeadverb
now and then or here and there
"he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention"
Wiktionary
now and thenadverb
sometimes; occasionally; intermittently
Wikipedia
Now and Then
Now and Then is an alternative rock song performed by Australian band The Superjesus. The song was released in March 1998 as the third single from the band's debut studio album, Sumo (1998). The song peaked at number 40 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. In January 1999, The song was ranked at number 83 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 1998.
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now and then
"Now and then" is a phrase generally used to describe an action or event that doesn't happen regularly or consistently but occurs occasionally or intermittently. It can give the sense of something happening from time to time but not often or predictably.
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Now and Then
Now and Then is a 1995 film directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and starring Christina Ricci, Rosie O'Donnell, Thora Birch, Melanie Griffith, Gaby Hoffmann, Demi Moore, Ashleigh Aston Moore and Rita Wilson. It was filmed largely in Savannah, Georgia, using the downtown squares and the Country Walk subdivision Gaslight Addition and Bonaventure Cemetery and Statesboro, Georgia, highlighting the downtown area. Statesboro locations include the Bulloch County Court House and the building now housing the Averitt Center for the Arts. A dramatic sequence in the film features a storm drain in a rainstorm that is on Statesboro's West Main Street, across the street from Main Street Billiards and near 119 Chops Restaurant. It has been referred to as a female version of the 1986 film, Stand by Me. On July 18, 2012, it was announced that ABC Family will be developing the film into a television series by I. Marlene King, who wrote the film and adapted Pretty Little Liars.
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now and then
Read the full text of the Now and then poem by Charles Bertram Johnson on the Poetry.com website.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of now and then in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of now and then in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of now and then in a Sentence
Every now and then you'll nail one that's really, really special. And that's what you live for.
I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then.
Every now and then I like to lean out my window, look up and smile for a satellite picture.
Me, personally, I peek into the news every now and then, but it's things like ISIS, you know, those big headline things, that I look at on the news, none of my friends have been talking about (the shutdown), and I haven't been keeping up with it.
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- nu og daDanish
- hin und wieder, ab und zuGerman
- πότε-πότεGreek
- de vez en cuandoSpanish
- silloin tällöin, joskusFinnish
- de temps à autre, de temps en tempsFrench
- corra uair, an-dràsta 's a-rithistScottish Gaelic
- hébe-hóbaHungarian
- ժամանակ առ ժամանակArmenian
- stöku sinnumIcelandic
- ogni tanto, di tanto in tantoItalian
- ເລື້ອຍໆLao
- af en toe, nu en danDutch
- av og til, nå og daNorwegian
- vez por outra, de vez em quandoPortuguese
- то и дело, временамиRussian
- ту и тамо, с времена на време, sada i tada; s vremena na vrijeme, некад и некадSerbo-Croatian
- då och då, till och från, av och tillSwedish
- paminsan-minsanTagalog
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