How do you use the word "often" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "often" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "often": I live near the sea, so I often get to go to the beach. Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.

Often Meaning

/ˈɒfən/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

advFrequently; many times on different occasions.

adjFrequent.

Sentence Examples

I live near the sea, so I often get to go to the beach.

Spenser's mother often scrutinizes him for every small mistake he makes.

Unfortunately the animals are often caught in fishing nets.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

much oftentimes

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She ____ goes for a run in the park before starting her work.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She ____ visited the library after school to read books about history and science.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). Cognates Cognate with Scots affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (“often”), North Frisian aaft, oftem, oofting (“often”), Saterland Frisian oafte (“often”), German, Luxembourgish and Pennsylvania German oft (“often”), Yiddish אָפֿט (oft, “often”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ofte (“often”), Faroese, Swedish ofta (“often”), Icelandic oft (“often”), Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰 (ufta, “often”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"☞ This word [wrap] is often pronounced wrop, rhyming with top, even by ſpeakers much above the vulgar." — 1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, →OCLC, page 557:

"How often is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!" — 1850, T. S. Arthur, “A Rise in the Butter Market”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 59:

"Although frogs are able to swim well and often are found in water, they are really land animals." — 1912, P. Chalmers Mitchell, “Larvæ and Metamorphoses”, in The Childhood of Animals, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, →OCLC, page 17:

"According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle." — 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:

"[…] it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and, indeed, the sundry contemplation of my travels; in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness." — c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

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