Sentence example with the word 'oftener'

oftener

Definition adv. more often or more frequently

Last update: June 17, 2015


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Nor, considered aright, does it seem any argument in favour of the gradual extinction of the Sperm Whale, for example, that in former years (the latter part of the last century, say) these Leviathans, in small pods, were encountered much oftener than at present, and, in consequence, the voyages were not so prolonged, and were also much more remunerative.   [Please select]

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Petersburg; oftener in Paris; occasionally in Rome, Naples, and Florence.   [Please select]

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She has heard them say "la guerre" oftener than once.   [Please select]

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Sometimes be hunted, but oftener his role was that of scout.   [Please select]

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"Sometimes the more haste the oftener you trip."   [Please select]

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I wish I could dream you oftener.   [Please select]

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She went to town with David now and then--not oftener than once a quarter--and came back ill and exhausted.   [Please select]

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I believe we fight on Sundays oftener than on any other day.   [Please select]

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She never misses hearing one sermon on a Sabbath, and oftener she listens to two or three.   [Please select]

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But oftener they made her the arbiter of their disputes, and asked her advice on certain matters.   [Please select]

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The older man would listen, but his eyes were oftener on Dick than on the microscope or the slide.   [Please select]

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often - oftener - oftenest