intermittently we questioned the barometer. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an intermittent pain. From Dictionary.com.
The day was cloudy and it was sprinkling rain intermittently. From Wordnik.com. [May 2004] Reference
It uplifts its voice about two hours before sunset and continues calling intermittently until some time after sunrise. From Wordnik.com. [A Bird Calendar for Northern India] Reference
LINSMIER: I guess the storm came through kind of intermittently on Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2007] Reference
As you can see, we're just starting to get whipped, again, kind of intermittently by the bands from Hurricane Katrina. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2005] Reference
Massey said it injected slurry " intermittently " in the 1970s and 1980s at the Rawl processing facility but had permits. From Wordnik.com. [Residents, Coal Firm Negotiate] Reference
"I'm kind of intermittently active," Haley says of his martial-arts skills. From Wordnik.com. [Metro Times] Reference
David Smith said the online system crashed Sunday and was operating only '' intermittently '' on Tuesday. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Frankenstein idea "intermittently" since he was appointed artistic director of the National in 2003, it was only with the success of. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"intermittently" identified since 1996 at a testing well in the northwest corner of. From Wordnik.com. [The Shad Plank] Reference
"intermittently" while fishing, which BoatUS believes could lead to enforcement challenges. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
He worked intermittently on a book about solitude. From Wordnik.com. [Sailor Charted Record Course] Reference
Palm groves pop up intermittently throughout the city. From Wordnik.com. [From the Twin Towers to Fallujah] Reference
His olfactory program is only intermittently right. From Wordnik.com. [Post] Reference
Such meetings continued, intermittently, for nearly 20 years. From Wordnik.com. [The Fox is Hunted Down] Reference
It was also intermittently disgusting, and that was very, very new. From Wordnik.com. [A Bloody Good Show] Reference
The two boys carried on in Italian, French and English intermittently. From Wordnik.com. [Miami Beach] Reference
The party has avoided internecine strife only intermittently since 1912. From Wordnik.com. [Relaxation By Exhaustion] Reference
It spun in the vent breeze, intermittently revealing its lack of dimension. From Wordnik.com. [Defender] Reference
The driver smoked and I dozed off intermittently while looking out the window. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Guillebeau: Getting to Algiers] Reference
Will the intermittently steadfast French have the gumption to perform the mission?. From Wordnik.com. [Indisputable Imponderables] Reference
There was nothing glorious about him except his prose, and that only intermittently. From Wordnik.com. [‘Hotel de Dream: A New York Novel’] Reference
The result is an uneven evening, intermittently funny, but failing to hit its potential. From Wordnik.com. [The Bookie] Reference
Solar cells and wind turbines require batteries because they provide power intermittently. From Wordnik.com. [Now We’re Cooking With … Batteries] Reference
JE: I teach intermittently, and while I enjoy it, I don't find that it's a calling for me. From Wordnik.com. [Patricia Zohn: Off the C(H)uff: Jennifer Egan Talks About A Visit From the Goon Squad] Reference
I wear glasses, but only intermittently, and my far vision actually has improved with age. From Wordnik.com. [Lasik surgery: Most in our survey were very satisfied] Reference
Niki ( "Whale Rider") Caro's intermittently stirring drama is loosely based on a true story. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Judgment: Movies] Reference
The fact that a product fails only intermittently is not necessarily a good sign, in our view. From Wordnik.com. [Why we take intermittent test failures so seriously] Reference
Henderson toured intermittently for the rest of his career, until a stroke sidelined him in 1950. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 142] Reference
They endure congestion, worry about schools and think only intermittently about politics and government. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Disconnected] Reference
Blood vessels in the wall of her large intestine intermittently would rupture, causing massive bleeding. From Wordnik.com. [TECHNOLOGY'S LIMITS] Reference
In the years since, groups would intermittently creak open the metal doors and throw a party or host a science fair. From Wordnik.com. [Books: “Nothing Right”] Reference
Clinton had talked intermittently with Morris throughout his presidency, but now the conversations became more frequent. From Wordnik.com. [His Adviser, And Her Guru] Reference
We put together a strategic plan that we modify intermittently, depending upon the scientific opportunities and the needs. From Wordnik.com. ['The Challenge is to Stay Vigilant'] Reference
Most had been getting their health care -- intermittently, inefficiently and very expensively -- from hospital emergency rooms. From Wordnik.com. [Let The States Do It] Reference
He is also intermittently rowdy, given to high-stakes poker and the ingestion of "" amber-colored liquids, '' to use his own euphemism. From Wordnik.com. [A Lovely Donnybrook] Reference
Leaving aside such silliness, "The King's Best Highway" is an earnest if only intermittently engaging account of the Post Road's history. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Jaffe's "The King's Best Highway" reviewed by Jonathan Yardley] Reference
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