How to Use at a time in a Sentence

at a time

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Definition of at a timenext
  • Sam Mendes is bringing the Fab Four to the big screen — one note at a time.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Make one batch at a time—do not halve or double the recipe.
    — Shelli McConnell, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Aim to never remove more than one-third of the leaf mass at a time.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
  • Wellness is a journey of small steps, one step at a time.
    — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2023
  • The piece is microwave and dishwasher safe and has room to serve 12 eggs at a time.
    — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One step at a time, and just concentrate on where your feet are.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The focus was just on making pitches and one out at a time.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2023
  • Over an afternoon, 36 bulls are released, one at a time, to tear through the crowds of men.
    — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Gently pour eggs, one at a time, into the center of whirlpool.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Trying not to think about that and doing a good job of taking it one day at a time.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Blend until smooth, then slowly bled in the butter one slice at a time.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The rest of the players take turns asking one question at a time, trying to guess the answer.
    — Alex Vance, Parents, 24 July 2024
  • If the dough is crumbly, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time.
    — Sally Pasley Vargas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
  • The Standard plan lets users stream in more than one place at a time, but that comes at a premium of more than 50%.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • This was of course the opposite of Amazon Prime, which has trained us to buy one-off products at a time.
    — WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • The League's kickoff is set for Aug. 7 at Crisis Brewery, at a time to be announced.
    — Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 13 July 2024
  • While the months and years may seem to fly, life actually proceeds one day at a time.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Finding out where a gun came from is like moving backwards one link at a time.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2024
  • The day care had a capacity of eight children and could take care of up to four infants at a time.
    — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Then Covid hit, and a whole generation of kids were stuck inside for months at a time.
    — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Only one person at a time will be able to use the pod, even if people wish to share with partners or kids.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • The artists, who draw furiously for up to eight hours at a time, produce around 1,300 nudes over the weekend.
    — Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 24 May 2024
  • At times, Levine said, Newton allegedly took more than one test at a time.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Bulk trash pickup is done by appointment only, for up to 500 pounds of trash at a time.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
  • These are all people changing systems, one project at a time.
    — Claire Stern, ELLE, 12 May 2023
  • Anyone can rise above their station, one bootstrap-tug at a time!
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Hannah Brown keeps climbing the media ladder, one rung at a time.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
  • That may be particularly important at a time when people are down on the state of the world and avoid the news.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Once fully charged, the spin scrubber can operate for up to 90 minutes at a time.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The reader was promised the possibility of sinking into another world, of escaping their problems, the weight of life subsiding for minutes, hours, days at a time.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024

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