some
times
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on some occasions but not always
- She sometimes practices yoga in the morning.
- The store sometimes offers discounts on certain items.
- They sometimes play board games as a family.
- We sometimes have a barbecue in the backyard.
- We sometimes visit our relatives during the holidays.
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on occasion in the past
- The castle, sometimes a mighty fortress, now lies in ruins.
- This land was sometimes fertile, but drought has since withered it.
- He was sometimes a great scholar, though age has dimmed his memory.
- The river, sometimes broad and navigable, has shrunk to a trickle.
- These halls echoed sometimes with laughter, but now stand silent.
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