OCCUR in a Sentence
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332 example sentences for OCCUR, such as:
1. I hope this won't occur again.
2. I don't want such a thing to occur again.
3. I have already arranged what is to occur.
4. A third of accidental deaths occur in the home.
5. An explosion will probably occur at any minute.
2. I don't want such a thing to occur again.
3. I have already arranged what is to occur.
4. A third of accidental deaths occur in the home.
5. An explosion will probably occur at any minute.
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Meanings and Examples of OCCUR
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occur
v. come to one's mind; suggest itself
v. come to pass
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The cases of Dolsky in Odessa, and of Leturier in Montpellier, will occur at once to any toxicologist.
2 Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody-namely, to utilise the force of gravity.
3 We shall be finely helped, if the churl Saxons should have realized your Grace's vision, of converting feudal drawbridges into gibbets; and yonder bold-spirited Cedric seemeth one to whom such an imagination might occur.
4 It might occur to him that Mr. Crawford had been sitting by her long enough, or he might mean to recommend her as a wife by shewing her persuadableness.
5 None such had occurred since his seeing her in her uncle's room, none such might occur again before his leaving Mansfield.
6 Elizabeth could not conceive how such an absurd suspicion should occur to her, and indignantly answered for each party's perfectly knowing their situation.
7 Other opportunities of making her observations could not fail to occur.
8 A sudden recollection seemed to occur, and to give him some taste of that emotion which was reddening Anne's cheeks and fixing her eyes on the ground.
9 It did not occur to his mind that Eustacia's love signal to Wildeve was the tender effect upon the deserted beauty of the intelligence which her grandfather had brought home.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
10 Such sudden alternations from mental vacuity do sometimes occur thus quietly.
11 Among the different possibilities as to the person's individuality there did not for a moment occur to Yeobright that it might be one of his own family.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 7 The Tragic Meeting of Two Old Friends
12 I have already arranged what is to occur.
13 As a rule, when I have heard some slight indication of the course of events, I am able to guide myself by the thousands of other similar cases which occur to my memory.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
Context Highlight In II. THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE
14 He would seize the coat, then, and be in the act of throwing it out, when it would occur to him that it would swim and not sink.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
15 There could be no doubt that, as it was a national possession, a horrible scandal would ensue if any misfortune should occur to it.
Example Sentence: (122 in 9 pages)
1 Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.
2 Cell divisions during development occur in a fixed sequence.
3 Cases of child cruelty occur more often than they are observed.
4 This is further complicated by the above-mentioned color changes that occur with growth.
5 Criminal libel is unlikely to occur other than rarely, but is available to define the limits of acceptable behaviour.
6 It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur.
7 Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.
8 Emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.
9 If headaches only occur at night, lack of fresh air and oxygen is often the cause.
10 Let difficulties occur but not the loss of courage.
11 An explosion will probably occur at any minute.
12 A third of accidental deaths occur in the home.
13 The highest spring tides of the year occur after the equinoxes in March and September.
14 I hope this won't occur again.
15 I don't want such a thing to occur again.