How to Use now and then in a Sentence

now and then

adverb

• Skim off the muck that floats to the top every now and then.
  — Fortune, 22 Jan. 2021
• All of us like to hang on to the past every now and then.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
• Every now and then, the pair had to dunk the tarp in the water to cool it down.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Maybe this was the kind of NBA game that happens now and then.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• Storm attended a few of the games, and the two would meet for lunch now and then.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Grim Reaper has even been known to wander through now and then.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
• Their hope is that, between now and then, the cream of their depth chart will rise to the top.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
• Yet, these scores, while performed now and then, are not part of the canon.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• And a stray rock star would come by every now and then.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2024
• Use the time between now and then to prepare for what’s to come.
  — cleveland, 2 May 2021
• Even the best sleepers need a little help now and then.
  — Kelsey Kunik, Parents, 12 Dec. 2023
• The book is on my shelf, to be consulted now and then, but the ears have it.
  — The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• Every now and then we would get hooked up in a golf game.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• The players are nice enough to mix in every now and then.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 5 Apr. 2021
• And now and then, there was even a stack of dishes that needed to be done.
  — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
• His luck is due to turn, and the Twins want to keep him on the field by getting him off it now and then.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2022
• John would get out and stretch his legs every now and then.
  — Mara Reinstein, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2024
• But between now and then, a cloud will hang over all works.
  — Paul Sweeting, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
• That’s the connection between now and then, the sound of his grief.
  — Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• But there is still going to be some four-horse fields now and then.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
• And hundreds of things can change between now and then.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024
• The idea has cropped up online every now and then for over a decade.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2022
• By the time the end of February rolled around, the days felt longer and the sun poked out every now and then.
  — Morgan Dykeman, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021
• Hope still swings by for dessert every now and then, but hope is two-faced.
  — Ron Winters, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• Your best bet is to do a quick audit of all your downloads now and then.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2021
• Because they kind of got used to taking trips now and then.
  — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 July 2021
• But every now and then, Holmes likes to funk with the jeans-and-a-90s-shirt formula.
  — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2023
• Make sure to meet us here at 6 a.m. Get some shots up and a workout in between now and then.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2023
• So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then.
  — Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
• Every now and then, a cell would randomly alter one of the sites.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024