alternate - use in sentences

Preposition: with

  • panel: Over much of the surface, the original panel segments alternate with the new unpainted metal panels.

Object

  • mattress: Sixty-four per cent of those with sores were being nursed on an alternating pressure mattress of some sort.
  • voltage: Two numbers are needed in general to specify an alternating voltage or quantity unambiguously, assuming the frequency is already known.
  • layer: It occurs in alternating layers and goes through a tanning process during molting which adds to its strength.
  • sequence: When the button was pressed the alternating sequence started.
  • pattern: We thank David Bilton for pointing out to us the alternating segmentation pattern of tropical centipedes.

Modifies a noun

  • Wednesday: The group meets on alternate Wednesdays at Combine House.
  • ending: Alternate ending: Complete the game with all nine Life Upgrades.
  • Saturday: The gallery, in Sessions House, is open Monday to Friday, 9am until 5pm and alternate Saturdays, 9am - 12noon.
  • Friday: They meet on alternate Fridays during school term at 6.30pm to 8.00pm at St Dominic's Parish Social Center.
  • Monday: Seminars are currently on alternate Mondays, with two-day blocks organized for focused study; there is one Saturday study day each term.
  • Sunday: Also this year, as in the past two summers, the museum will be open on alternate Sundays.

Modifying Another Word

  • annually: The Handbook of Latin American Studies is a bibliography which alternates annually between social sciences and humanities.

Adjective complement

  • current: To do this I will use a power pack with an alternating current with an e.. .

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