Examples of sometimes in a Sentence
Adverb
His jokes are funny, but sometimes he goes too far.
Sometimes I take the bus to work.
We all make mistakes sometimes.
She works nine hours a day, sometimes more than that.
The word is sometimes used figuratively.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Their decades-long obsession with immigration and hot-button social issues comes off as — and sometimes is — ugly nativism.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
William D. Cohan, vanityfair.com, 31 July 2017
Sometimes students are grouped together based on skill level, and sometimes based on their interests, Lopez said.
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Adverb
Justice Kagan has sometimes been viewed as a strategist rather than a polemicist, who tries to forge agreements with the Court’s more moderate conservative members.
—Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Their decades-long obsession with immigration and hot-button social issues comes off as — and sometimes is — ugly nativism.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
Adjective
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—William D. Cohan, vanityfair.com, 31 July 2017
Sometimes students are grouped together based on skill level, and sometimes based on their interests, Lopez said.
—Lee V. Gaines, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2017
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“Sometimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sometimes. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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