How to Use now and then in a Sentence
now and then
adverb
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All of us like to hang on to the past every now and then.
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Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2024
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Every now and then, the pair had to dunk the tarp in the water to cool it down.
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Melissa Chan,
NBC News,
18 Aug. 2023
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Maybe this was the kind of NBA game that happens now and then.
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Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Feb. 2024
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Storm attended a few of the games, and the two would meet for lunch now and then.
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Cathy Free,
Washington Post,
21 Feb. 2024
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The Grim Reaper has even been known to wander through now and then.
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Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2024
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Their hope is that, between now and then, the cream of their depth chart will rise to the top.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Aug. 2024
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Yet, these scores, while performed now and then, are not part of the canon.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2022
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And a stray rock star would come by every now and then.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 June 2024
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Use the time between now and then to prepare for what’s to come.
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cleveland,
2 May 2021
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Even the best sleepers need a little help now and then.
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Kelsey Kunik,
Parents,
12 Dec. 2023
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The book is on my shelf, to be consulted now and then, but the ears have it.
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The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2022
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Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
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Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2024
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The players are nice enough to mix in every now and then.
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Bobby Nightengale,
The Enquirer,
5 Apr. 2021
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And now and then, there was even a stack of dishes that needed to be done.
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Maggie Gillette,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Jan. 2023
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His luck is due to turn, and the Twins want to keep him on the field by getting him off it now and then.
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New York Times,
8 May 2022
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John would get out and stretch his legs every now and then.
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Mara Reinstein,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2024
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But between now and then, a cloud will hang over all works.
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Paul Sweeting,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2024
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But there is still going to be some four-horse fields now and then.
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John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2021
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And hundreds of things can change between now and then.
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Ed Stannard,
Hartford Courant,
2 Jan. 2024
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The idea has cropped up online every now and then for over a decade.
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Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2022
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Hope still swings by for dessert every now and then, but hope is two-faced.
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Ron Winters,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2022
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Because they kind of got used to taking trips now and then.
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Meredith Carey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 July 2021
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But every now and then, Holmes likes to funk with the jeans-and-a-90s-shirt formula.
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Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
9 Aug. 2023
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Make sure to meet us here at 6 a.m. Get some shots up and a workout in between now and then.
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José M. Romero,
The Arizona Republic,
25 June 2023
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Between now and then, the firm is going to make a boatload of money—and pay it to us!
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Brett Owens,
Forbes,
4 Aug. 2022
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There is a lot for head coach Kalani Sitake and his staff to tackle between now and then.
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Norma Gonzalez,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
4 Aug. 2021
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Yet, every now and then, a shaft of light filters through the darkness.
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Kathleen Parker,
Washington Post,
23 June 2024
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So make your winner pick now and then get in line for next week's finale-sized scoop of the crispy!
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
9 Dec. 2021
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Allen, who has compiled a 63-30 record going into his seventh season with the Bills, knows that every now and then, a good old fashioned beatdown comes to even the best of teams.
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Adam Renuart,
CNN,
6 Oct. 2024
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Siblings are bound to have a little rivalry now and then—but that comes with the territory of spending so much time together.
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Alex Vance,
Parents,
23 Sep. 2024
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