How to use "sometimes" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sometimes" in popular movie and book plots

  • The unusual percentiles 2%, 9%, 91%, 98% are sometimes used for whisker cross-hatches and whisker ends to show the seven-number summary.  - Box plot
  • The three become increasingly obsessed with The Plan, and sometimes forget that it is just a game.  - Foucault's Pendulum
  • Kaoru has sometimes been called the first anti-hero in literature.  - The Tale of Genji
  • Throughout his role, Biff is sarcastic, practical, and loyal, against Joshua's temperamental and sometimes idealistic character.  - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
  • They sometimes discuss his lost past and at one point, she tells him of her own lost love, without disclosing that it is Charles.  - Random Harvest (film)
  • He usually taunts everyone with his madcap antics, sometimes stealing José's cigar and trying to make José jealous.  - The Three Caballeros
  • She wonders how they keep pace with them, and he answers "Sometimes they catch up with them, and sometimes they don't.  - Morocco (film)
  • Ball, Ballgown, and Curfew: The number of balls varies, sometimes one, sometimes two, and sometimes three.  - Cinderella
  • She has an office job and is sometimes embarrassed by the eccentricities of her family, yet deep down, she still loves them.  - You Can't Take It with You (play)
  • Each of the characters adapts to the sudden change in black/white roles in different and sometimes shocking ways.  - Farnham's Freehold
  • The nursemaid Bessie proves to be Jane's only ally in the household, even though Bessie sometimes harshly scolds Jane.  - Jane Eyre
  • At first, Cole is unwilling since the ghosts terrify and sometimes even threaten him, but he finally decides to attempt helping.  - The Sixth Sense
  • However, Tim can sometimes be serious when necessary.  - Home Improvement (TV series)
  • Basil occasionally longs for a touch of class, sometimes by playing recordings of classical music.  - Fawlty Towers
  • Vowels will almost always have four or more distinguishable formants; sometimes there are more than six.  - Formant
  • She sometimes makes romantic advances towards Laura.  - Carmilla

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