they detract, scoffe, and raile (saith one), and bark at me on every side; but I, like that Albanian dog sometimes given to Alexander for a present, vindico me ab illis solo contemptu; I lie still, and sleep, vindicate myself by contempt alone.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always; "sometimes she wished she were back in England"; "sometimes her photography is breathtaking"; "sometimes they come for a month; at other times for six months"
You use sometimes to say that something happens on some occasions rather than all the time. During the summer, my skin sometimes gets greasy Sometimes I think he dislikes me You must have noticed how tired he sometimes looks Other people's jobs were exactly the same -- sometimes good, sometimes bad. on some occasions but not always occasionally