How to Use at one time or another in a Sentence

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• But most, if not all, of us have had thoughts of self-doubt at one time or another.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2022
• And every one of these lakes at one time or another has been the No. 1 bass lake in the country.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 14 Sep. 2022
• Their team performed all of those chores at one time or another, Schultze said.
  — Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• Few of us have not paused at one time or another to marvel at the beauty of a soap bubble.
  — John Matson, Scientific American, 9 May 2013
• Martin asserts that that’s all of us, at one time or another.
  — Rachel Rosenblit, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2020
• Rondon’s logs from that first afternoon show that at one time or another the river’s course flowed in the direction of each of the four cardinal points of the compass.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• Some 45 companies made Soundies at one time or another.
  — Susan Delson, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2021
• Losing weight can be one of the toughest challenges almost everyone faces at one time or another.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
• That may seem strange or mystical, but all of us have at one time or another been in a good mood, walked into someone’s office who is in a bad mood and then walked out feeling all messed up....
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• Most of us have experienced feelings of hatred at one time or another.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
• But it’s happened to most of my professional contemporaries at one time or another, and to nearly half the U.S. workforce.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Dec. 2022
• All of which found the fire department unsuccessfully attempting to get grant money at one time or another to cover the cost.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 30 Nov. 2022
• One of the best things about being a sports writer in Central Florida is the chance to meet and talk to the multitude of famous athletes and retired athletes, past and present, who have at one time or another called Orlando home.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• Most of these images appeared at one time or another in popular magazines.
  — New York Times, 21 July 2022
• Goynes, Russo, and all the other men who set foot in it at one time or another (including a possibly shifty, possibly stalwart detective, played by Jon Hamm) seem way too large for its modest frame.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 July 2021
• Anger Instead of opting for passivity and avoidance, most disabled people at one time or another release their true feelings and confront ableism.
  — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Crestodina takes readers aboard fishing vessels, a research ship, Coast Guard cutters, tug boats (every kid’s favorite at one time or another), the aforementioned ferry, and a fireboat.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Apr. 2023
• Turning your keys in the ignition, only to realize your car battery died is an irritation most people experience at one time or another.
  — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
• Swiping on a singular shade of polish without getting it all over one's cuticles, let alone free-handing any sort of nail-art design, is certainly a struggle that the average person has endured at one time or another.
  — Allure, 25 Feb. 2022
• Wilson said that nearly every component of the total parenteral nutrition mixture that some critically ill infants and adults require has been in shortage at one time or another.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
• More than 1,000 Enerhodar residents, including dozens of workers at Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear plant, were detained by the Russians at one time or another.
  — Yuras Karmanau, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• More than 1,000 Enerhodar residents, including dozens of workers at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear plant, were detained by the Russians at one time or another.
  — Yuras Karmanau, ajc, 3 Nov. 2022
• All the criticisms levied against Ramona could be said about Luann at one time or another — the selfishness, the superiority, the questionable relationship to reality.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024