He was not above periodically humiliating himself.
Zuckerberg spent his life periodically abasing himself, more or less without consequences.
He periodically rids himself of art, objects, and places that, previously, had been sources of inspiration and pleasure.
Mao wasn't entirely immune to self-doubt and periodically revealed himself to be a clear-sighted observer of the system's debilities.
Mr. Ferver periodically worked himself into a high lather of emotionalism, which bubbled up from or dissolved into the thin froth of camp.
Mohseni speaks so rapidly that the words sometimes run together, and he periodically interrupts himself to call out to his assistant — "Sekander!" — to make a phone call or produce a piece of paper.
But with his wife, Mary, and his son Patrick, known as Mousie, a sophomore at Harvard, he did drop by the Met and spent a couple of hours looking at paintings, periodically topping himself up from a little pocket flask.
Its title comes from a Hebrew prayer of confession, and Harry periodically reproaches himself for Jane's death: "I'm as much a murderer as my brother," he laments, "no more, no less".
The dog scuttled along beside him on the muddy path, veering off into the ferns and thorns as they started out, then plodding and panting at Dick's side, periodically throwing himself down to rest.
Throughout his time working for MI6, Dean periodically found himself in the UK, infiltrating the fervent jihadi scene surrounding Finsbury Park mosque in the early-2000s.
