How to Use on-again, off-again in a Sentence

on-again, off-again

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  • The on-again, off-again peace deal with Iran is on again.
    — Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 18 June 2026
  • The city would serve as his on-again, off-again home base for the next six decades.
    — Terry Nguyen, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The pair were then seemingly on-again, off-again.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • It’s been on-again, off-again for twenty years and counting.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • From there, the two had an on-again, off-again relationship.
    — Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • Dun and Ryan's relationship was on-again, off-again for some time.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As for the on-again, off-again nature of their relationship?
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Meganne Young played Rachel, Lee’s on-again, off-again girlfriend.
    — Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs have made that pinning down the exact start of his trade war a bit tricky.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Global fuel prices have fallen somewhat amid the on-again, off-again ceasefire.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • There will be on-again, off-again showers throughout the afternoon and into the evening.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • From there, the actors maintained an on-again, off-again relationship over the next few years.
    — Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • The on-again, off-again nature of the conflict could delay oil demand’s bounce-back even further.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Over the next five years, Peters had two more children while battling on-again, off-again symptoms.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The restaurant seemed to have operated in an on-again, off-again status for the past couple of months.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But destroying morale and stirring chaos with on-again, off-again layoffs is certainly not the way to do it.
    — The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
  • He’s been accused of no wrongdoing in connection to his on-again, off-again girlfriend’s death.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • My ten-year-old daughter’s iPad has an on-again, off-again relationship with my laptop.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Peters and Roberts were on-again, off-again from 2012 to 2019.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Here is what the polls are showing Americans think of the president amid the on-again, off-again world trade war.
    — Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Oil prices have swung dramatically over recent weeks in response to on-again, off-again fighting.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Teddy entered in season six, beginning an endless on-again, off-again cycle.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Last month, Aaron Boone said that Stanton suffered a setback in his on-again, off-again rehab.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
  • At the time of her death, Panettiere was with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson.
    — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The jazz musician/bar owner proved to be a welcome respite from her on-again, off-again situation with Big.
    — Nicole Briese, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And Jahara Malik, Yahkeim’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, would be the reason why.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 May 2026
  • But oil prices have been turbulent this year, particularly since the on-again, off-again war in Iran started.
    — Hillary Jackson, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This on-again, off-again behavior could be a missing link in Earth's early evolution, the researchers said.
    — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Kelso and Jackie were in an on-again, off-again relationship throughout the series.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 30 Mar. 2026
  • After many years of on-again, off-again rumors, the tech giant finally opened its doors along Woodward Ave.
    — Brian Manzullo, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025

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