How to Use off and on in a Sentence
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The campers were in the area, off and on, for about six weeks.
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Cynthia Hubert,
sacbee,
26 Oct. 2017
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The life-changing, meme-able fights off and on the field.
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Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2022
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The 28-year-old has been with her girlfriend off and on for the past 10 years.
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Sadé Carpenter,
chicagotribune.com,
15 Mar. 2018
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But off and on the horror would force its way to the surface.
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Time,
22 Jan. 2020
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Adding to the fun, the lights are going off and on, much to Stone’s delight.
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Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2024
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Keys joined the Stones in the late 1960s and was with them off and on over the following decades.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE.com,
18 Dec. 2021
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The Oak Park resident is a sponge both off and on the field.
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Rich Mayor,
chicagotribune.com,
1 May 2018
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Her right calf bothered her off and on at the start of the season.
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Kent Youngblood,
Star Tribune,
17 Sep. 2020
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The rest of the week will be unsettled with off and on rain and storm chances through the week.
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Dallas News,
30 May 2021
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The Cascades are likely to see snow, off and on, for the next few days.
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oregonlive,
10 Dec. 2020
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Tutankhamun has been a pop star for 100 years, off and on.
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John Anderson,
WSJ,
22 Nov. 2022
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The keeper trained off and on with the Lions throughout the past week.
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Julia Poe,
orlandosentinel.com,
5 Sep. 2021
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None of that accounts for Miles Davis, who has been hurt off and on for the last month.
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Kevin Reynolds,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
18 Nov. 2022
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She and the radio host dated off and on for four years.
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Alexia Fernandez,
PEOPLE.com,
17 Feb. 2018
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Lutz has been in the wine industry off and on since 1981.
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Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive,
oregonlive,
7 Feb. 2022
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Remy has lived at the hotel off and on for about a year.
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Lavendrick Smith,
Dallas News,
11 Mar. 2020
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McWilliams, 33, has been homeless off and on for half her life.
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Los Angeles Times,
22 Aug. 2022
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The mandate has been in place off and on since last summer.
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Fox News,
4 Apr. 2021
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The United Kingdom had been at it, off and on, since 1799.
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Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes,
3 Sep. 2024
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Dana Littlefield, you and I have talked about this off and on over the years.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Aug. 2022
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Black has been bartending off and on since the age of 21 and has been at The Refuge for two years.
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Patricia Dillon,
Houston Chronicle,
20 Jan. 2018
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These matters were discussed off and on over the course of the season.
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Jim Owczarski,
Cincinnati.com,
19 Jan. 2018
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Szabo, 44, has worked at City Hall off and on over two decades.
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David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2021
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The transportation audit has been in the works off and on since at least 2020.
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Dallas News,
23 May 2022
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There was a man in my life, who I’d been involved with off and on for about eight years.
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The Cut,
The Cut,
15 Feb. 2018
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The state has discussed proposals to buy the prison off and on for more than a decade.
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Mike Cason | [email protected],
al,
21 Dec. 2021
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Saturday will be a bit damp with off and on rain chances through the day.
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Todd Nelson,
Star Tribune,
26 Mar. 2021
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The dad said his son has struggled with heroin use off and on for a decade.
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John Benson,
cleveland,
8 Sep. 2021
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Bob Iger is 73 and has been running Disney off and on for nearly 20 years.
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Mia Galuppo,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Oct. 2024
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Sometimes, toggling Bluetooth off and on again would work, sometimes not.
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Simon Hill,
WIRED,
12 Aug. 2024
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