Example sentences for: sporadically

How can you use “sporadically” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In contrast, the predicted amino-acid hydroxylases of the EGL-9 family are seen sporadically, in single copies, in certain bacterial lineages such as V. cholerae and Ps.

  • Various other people drifted in and out of those meetings, which were held sporadically over the course of several months, but we three were the chief punters (as they say in Britain).

  • The opposition army mainly consists of separatists from Shaba and Kasai provinces in East Zaire and supporters of the original post-colonial government, who have battled Mobutu's army sporadically since the dictator's ascent.

  • In other places, with the exception of Easter Sunday and August 15 — important national holidays — they are held sporadically and advertised by way of the ubiquitous carteles (posters) stuck on every wall.

  • It's a portrait of the artist as a perfect swine" (Joe Morgenstern, the Wall Street Journal ). British newcomer Samantha Morton steals the show as a mute laundress who becomes Ray's lover: "Rarely has a performer mined such complex and potent emotion from such simple materials: a smile, a shrug, an attentive winsomeness" (David Ansen, Newsweek ). One critic dissents: Mike Clark of USA Today calls the film "depressing" and only "sporadically amusing."


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