Now And Then

Definition: Now And Then

Now And Then

Adverb

1. Now and then or here and there; "he was arrogant and occasionally callous"; "open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees"; "they visit New York on occasion"; "now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us"; "as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention".

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Synonyms: Now And Then

Frequency

Sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.

Crosswords: Now And Then

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; writing credit: Roald Dahl)

Now and then. (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: David Greenwalt)

You slap 'em around a bit, you torture 'em, you make their lives a living hell, and sure, the nice guys, they'll run away, but every now and then you'll come across a real prince of a guy like Spike who gets off on it. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Not that I mind a slight case of abduction now and then, but I have tickets for the theater this evening, to a show I was looking forward to and I get, well, kind of unreasonable about things like that. (North by Northwest; writing credit: Ernest Lehman)

Every now and then a man on a white horse rides by, and we appoint him to be our personal god for the duration. (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II)

I really don't mind, what happens now and then. (Kryptonite; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Turnaround, But every now and then I know you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am (TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART; performing artist: Bonnie Tyler)

Every now and then (Wrapped Up In You; performing artist: Garth Brooks)

He kept her picture on his wall, went half-crazy now and then ("He Stopped Loving Her Today"; performing artist: George Jones)

Now and then when I see her face (Sweet Child O' Mine; performing artist: Guns N' Roses)

Football Now and Then (1953)

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Books

• Mariposa now and then (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Now And Then (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Now and Then, Here and There - Discord and Doom (Vol. 1) (reference)

• Now and Then (reference)

• Now and Then, Here and There (Complete Collector's Boxed Set) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Now and then the workers are victorious, but only for a time. (reference)

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He is in Highbury every now and then, and he is sure to ride through every week in his way to Kingston.

Only, as my tale went on, she drew a little short quick breath now and then, like a child panting with delight.

A ray of humour, now and then, would make its way through the veil of dim obstruction, and glimmer pleasantly upon our faces.

Now and then they would playfully box the ears of the young men.

He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then.

Now and then the flies roared softly at the screen door.

However, now and then they take a whale that happens to be dashed against the rocks, which the common people feed on heartily.

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Health

Mention that bladder control problems will occur now and then, and that usually there is an effective treatment. (references)

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Expressions using "now and then": between now and then ♦ come now and then ♦ Every now and then ♦ take a drop now and then. Additional references.

Albanian

herë-herë (now and again). (various references)

Arabic 

‏الآن وحين ذلك (every now and then), ‏الآن وبعدين (every now and then), ‏احيانا (every few days, every now and then), ‏بين حين وآخر (every now and then, occasionally). (various references)

Bulgarian 

от време на време (every so often, now and again, occasionally, off and on, once in a while, periodically), понякога (at times, occasionally, sometimes). (various references)

Chinese 

有時 (before deadline, on schedule, on time, sometimes). (various references)

Czech

tu a tam (every now and then, here and there, occasionally, off and on, on and off, once in a way), obèas (at times, every now and then, every so often, occasionally, once in a while, sometimes). (various references)

Danish

fra tid til anden. (various references)

Dutch

nu en dan, van týd tot týd, bý wýlen, bý týd en wýlen, af en toe. (various references)

Esperanto

de tempo al tempo. (various references)

Finnish

toisinaan (at times, occassionally, sometimes), silloin tällöin (at times, now and again), harvakseen (at long intervals, one by one, slowly). (various references)

French

de temps en temps (every now and then). (various references)

Frisian

út en troch, altemets. (various references)

German

dann und wann (ever and anon, now and again), von Zeit zu Zeit (from time to time, now and again), ab und zu (every now and then, from time to time, now and again, off and on, on and off, once in a way, once in a while). (various references)

Greek 

κάθε τόσο και λιγάκι (every now and then). (various references)

Hawaiian

herë-herë. (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�"י פעם (every now and then, once in a while). (various references)

Hungarian

olykor-olykor, olykor (at times, now and again), néhanapján (now and again), néha (at times, every now and again, every now and then, occasionally, once in a while, several times, sometimes), időközönként (from time to time). (various references)

Italian

ogni tanto (now), di quando in quando (now). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

往々にして (from time to time, occasionally, sometimes), ちゅうちゅう鳴く (a little, dabble, easily accomplished, frequently, hobbling, make a pass at, meddle, occasionally, often, restless, to chirp, to squeak, to twitter, toddling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おうおうにして (from time to time, occasionally, sometimes), ちょくちょく (frequently, occasionally, often), ちょいちょい (frequently, occasionally, often). (various references)

Manx

nish as reesht (intermittent, occasionally, on and off, once in a while). (various references)

Pig Latin

ownay anday enthay

Portuguese

de vez em quando (off and on, on and off, on occasion, once in a while, sometimes, whiles). (various references)

Romanian

din când în când (at intervals, at times, ever and anon, every now and then, every so often, from time to time, now and again, occasionally, once in a while, periodically). (various references)

Russian 

временами (at times), порой (occasionally). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tu i tamo, s vremena na vreme (fit: by fits and starts), pomalo (little: a little bit). (various references)

Spanish

de vez en cuando (at intervals, betweentimes, ever and anon, every now and then, now and again, occasionally, off and on, on occasion, once in a while), de cuando en cuando, cada cuando (occasionally). (various references)

Swahili

mara kwa mara. (various references)

Swedish

då och då (at odd moments, at odd times, every now and again, every now and then, from time to time, occasionally, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once and away, once in a while), av och till. (various references)

Thai

บางครั้ง (now and again, sometimes). (various references)

Turkish

zaman zaman (betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, from time to time, in places, now and again, on and off), bazen (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, ever and anon, from time to time, now and again, occasionally, off and on, sometime, sometimes), arasira, aradabír, ara sıra (between whiles, betweentimes, betweenwhiles, by snatches, ever and anon, every now and then, every once in a while, from time to time, in places, in snatches, now and again, occasionally, off and on, on and off, on occasion, once in a while, sometimes). (various references)

Turkmen 

aram-aram (sometimes). (various references)

Ukrainian

час від часу (ever and anon, ever end again, now and again, off and on, on and off, once in a while). (various references)

interdum. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: wantoned.

-3 letters: towhead.

-4 letters: atoned, donate, hanted, newton, tanned, tendon, thawed, wanned, wanted, wanton, wonned, wonted.

-5 letters: adown, anent, anode, anted, atone, awned, dawen, death, dewan, doeth, donna, donne, endow, hated, hawed, henna, honan, honda, honed, neath, nonet, noted, oaten, owned, tawed, tenon, thane, toned, tonne, towed, waned, wheat.