Usage of "occasionally"

Portuguese

Now and then or here and there.

from time to time

Usage of occasionally in English

Others helped occasionally while running some 50 county health programs and services. 
 Reuters 

However, the bank occasionally makes exceptions to this rule in extraordinary situations. 
 Reuters 

Merril called occasionally and asked a few questions but without much interest. 
 Escape 

Yet very occasionally cars were still seen in motion on the roads. 
 On the Beach 

It has also swept through flocks in Africa and occasionally in Europe. 
 Reuters 

These will include fact checking, analysis and occasionally personal reactions or comments. 
 The Secret History of Twin Peaks 

The issue of gun control was occasionally raised but rarely seriously discussed. 
 The Guardian 

He interrupted occasionally to ask a question, or to slow me down. 
 Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead 

The poet had a simple child-like delight in occasionally assuming the host. 
 Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People 

Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. 
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Russian complaints that it is unfairly scapegoated, however, may occasionally be justified. 
 Reuters 

Dublin Central Independent deputy Maureen O'Sullivan has voted with the Government occasionally. 
 The Irish Times 

But occasionally a start-up comes along that takes its values very seriously. 
 The Irish Times 

The meadowlark occasionally does this in the early part of the season. 
 Wake-Robin 

Doubts may occasionally press in; and it is so with every clergyman. 
 Septimius Felton, or, the Elixir of Life 

Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 7 minutes. 
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