OCCASIONAL in a Sentence

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243 example sentences for OCCASIONAL, such as:
1. The occasional nude bather comes here.
2. She likes an occasional glass of wine.
3. He should be allowed the occasional treat.
4. He supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.
5. That sort of thing is quite occasional and not regular.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of OCCASIONAL
occasional
 a.  occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals
 a.  occurring from time to time
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  From this, Charles and Melanie could only infer that she took a profound pleasure in this occasional excitement, the only excitement in her sheltered life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
2  To Scarlett, this house cried out for the masculine smells of brandy, tobacco and Macassar oil, for hoarse voices and occasional curses, for guns, for whiskers, for saddles and bridles and for hounds underfoot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  All night long pianos jangled from behind drawn shades and rowdy songs and laughter floated out, punctuated by occasional screams and pistol shots.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
4  Then there had been tiptoeing feet and hushed voices, muffled knocks on the door, neighbors rustling in to whisper sympathy and occasional sobs from Frank's sister who had come up from Jonesboro for the funeral.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  The rain had ceased and there was no sound except for the occasional drip of water from the eaves.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXII
6  It seemed to her natural that Lily should spend all her money on dress, and she supplemented the girl's scanty income by occasional "handsome presents" meant to be applied to the same purpose.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 3
7  From hand to hand, the buckets went in the deepest silence, only broken by the occasional flap of a sail, and the steady hum of the unceasingly advancing keel.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 43. Hark!
8  Nothing was said for some moments, while a succession of riotous waves rolled by, which by one of those occasional caprices of the seas were tumbling, not heaving it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
9  Now, this occasional inevitable sinking of the recently killed Sperm Whale is a very curious thing; nor has any fisherman yet adequately accounted for it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
10  But this occasional timidity is characteristic of almost all herding creatures.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
11  It was a soft grey day outside, with heavy clouds working across the sky, and occasional squalls of snow.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XII
12  The burning sun of those few weeks, with occasional rains at night, secured the corn.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIX
13  Rudolph told his story in great detail, with occasional promptings from his mother or father.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
14  Mrs. Cutter remained flushed and wild-eyed as we had known her, but as the years passed she became afflicted with a shaking palsy which made her nervous nod continuous instead of occasional.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
15  Feeling secure regarding their happiness and welfare, she did not miss them except with an occasional intense longing.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In VII
Example Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  Regular exercise is better than occasional bouts of strenuous activity.
2  He should be allowed the occasional treat.
3  From Sunday to Tuesday, it will be cloudy with occasional drizzle in western and northwestern areas, especially around coasts and hills.
4  Thicker cloud with occasional rain or drizzle will spread into some western areas during the night.
5  Despite occasional patches of purple prose, the book is mostly clear and incisive.
6  Despite the occasional lapse, this was a fine performance by the young saxophonist.
7  It was a superb performance, despite occasional lapses of intonation.
8  The silence of the forest was made evident by the occasional snap of a twig.
9  She likes an occasional glass of wine.
10  He has occasional injections to maintain his good health but otherwise he lives a normal life.
11  The occasional nude bather comes here.
12  He supplemented his income with occasional comedy gigs.
13  There will be occasional showers in southeast England, some of them perhaps heavy.
14  That sort of thing is quite occasional and not regular.
15  Everything was quiet, aside from the occasional sound of a car in the distance.