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I ˈsʌmtaɪmz Adverb Bre Car Writes Difficult Begin

Word sometimes
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / ˈsʌmtaɪmz / NAmE / ˈsʌmtaɪmz /
Example
  • sometimes i go by car.
  • he sometimes writes to me.
  • i like to be on my own sometimes.
  • it is sometimes difficult to know where to begin.
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sometimes

(adverb)BrE / ˈsʌmtaɪmz / NAmE / ˈsʌmtaɪmz /
  1. occasionally rather than all of the time
    • Sometimes I go by car.
    • He sometimes writes to me.
    • I like to be on my own sometimes.

    Extra Examples

    • It is sometimes difficult to know where to begin.
    • It was the cafe where he sometimes had lunch.
    • National boundaries have changed, sometimes dramatically, over the last hundred years.
    • She sometimes goes away at weekends.
    • Sometimes I look at him and wonder what is going on in his mind.
    • Sometimes I think we’ll never see each other again.
    • They played tennis and golf and sometimes went swimming.
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