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Example sentences for "occasion"

Lexicographically close words:
obvious; obviously; obviousness; ocasion; occasio; occasional; occasionally; occasione; occasioned; occasionem
  1. General Taylor had occasion to call upon Stevens while endeavoring to get permission to visit Jefferson Davis, then in confinement at Fortress Monroe.

  2. Of the far-reaching effects of this change upon the whole subsequent history of the English race I shall hereafter have occasion to speak.

  3. There was no occasion for society to assume a military aspect.

  4. This was no occasion calling for remarkable ingenuity to make some sort of jury-rigged drive.

  5. There were few ships of the fleet which did not have a low-power overdrive field unit ready to be spliced into circuit if the occasion arose.

  6. Of all times and circumstances, this particular moment and situation seemed the least occasion for quibbling over words.

  7. I remember the occasion well, and how pretty she looked in her foreign gowns.

  8. The occasion for this change I did not then know; when I did, a change passed over me also.

  9. The Greek monks come here in procession from Nazareth, on the occasion of the Feast of the Virgin, and the Latin monks have a festival, once a year, in honor of the Transfiguration.

  10. The place is admirably adapted for the delivery of an oration, and it is no wonder that it was a favorite one with the Athenians on the occasion of any public demonstration.

  11. For a moment, we thought he had been the object of a miracle, and that we should have occasion to record a conversion of a most remarkable character.

  12. He has a company of cavalry at his command to resist the Bedouin Arabs, and not unfrequently has occasion to use them.

  13. I have occasion to write him a letter on business of the company.

  14. I was told of one whose occupant used to drop her veil to a dashing young officer when promenading on the Shoobra Road, and on one occasion let fall an embroidered and perfumed handkerchief, which he picked up and retained.

  15. Wine culture in Servia is in its infancy, and there is no occasion to go into ecstacies about the native products.

  16. Gustave had suddenly remembered that the show was to last ten days, and there was no occasion for us to be in a hurry.

  17. The place, the day, and the occasion will remain for ever memorable in French, English, and Russian history.

  18. Cowper said: "The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.

  19. William Cowper put it well when he said: "The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something every day they live To pity, and perhaps forgive.

  20. As the husband looked at her he saw the difference between this occasion and the former, and he went over to where she sat, and said: "You remember the time when we were here before.

  21. Well as I knew the peculiar fondness of the Mormons for music, their orchestra in service on this occasion astonished me by its numbers and fine drill.

  22. To return to Nauvoo was apparently the only escape; but this would have been to give occasion for fresh mistrust, and so to bring new trouble to those they had left there behind them.

  23. It is signed by the young officer whom he met on the occasion of his last visit.

  24. On the 10th the same batteries supported the 32nd Division in a successful assault on Ten Tree Alley; on this occasion we had the first casualty among our officers, Capt.

  25. On this occasion we had our first officer killed, Lieut.

  26. We felt that the Huns had not got good value on this occasion for the four thousand pounds which, at the very least, the expenditure of ammunition must have cost them.

  27. The 310th Brigade on this occasion were billeted en masse in the Abbey of Maredsous, where they were entertained most hospitably by the Benedictine Monks.

  28. He took the occasion to make us a very graceful speech and to congratulate all ranks on their courage and fine behaviour during the trying days of the great offensive.

  29. On this occasion the weather helped us, as the days were usually misty, and yet not a drop of rain fell all the time.

  30. Colonel Sherlock on this occasion showed great personal gallantry in removing wounded men under very heavy fire.

  31. B/310 was shelled the same day at Arleux, and on this occasion one officer was wounded, Lieut.

  32. One bomb on this occasion burst ten yards from a small shanty in which two men were sleeping.

  33. Masters shall not advance to any seamen above half his wages since deserting is the chief occasion of their turning into pirates.

  34. But the legislative, executive, and judicial authorities have not as yet become so completely separated that they cannot on occasion work together.

  35. But in this instance the occasion justified the widest interest.

  36. On occasion he picked up children in the streets and gave them a ride.

  37. This was not, indeed, the first occasion on which a round trip, necessitating operation against the wind on at least one course, had been made.

  38. Our excursion on this occasion lasted scarcely two hours.

  39. Only at church or on some important or ceremonial occasion is the huipíl worn as it was meant to be.

  40. The other day only the outer and lower flowers of the racemes were blown, but on this occasion the whole cluster was in bloom.

  41. Its purpose is to secure health, good weather and crops for the coming year, though it may be held on the occasion of pestilence.

  42. Through a period of several months it was subject to frequent shocks of earthquakes; for a time these were of daily occurrence, and on one occasion there were seventeen in a single day.

  43. He was also a musician, and on this occasion had been upon his way to a public appointment, where he was to sing.

  44. Another occasion was when Nephi and his brethren again returned from the Holy City, bringing with them Ishmael and his family.

  45. On the occasion of his last return, just as he was about to sit down, his eyes chanced to fall on an almanac framed in silver which stood on his writing-table.

  46. He hated insincerity, but on this occasion he stooped to it.

  47. Rupert did not let the words of the soldier go in at one ear and out at the other; and so it was that, hardly had the occasion of being alone with him arisen before he inquired: "Do you know the way to this enchanted city?

  48. The "sense of ceremony" which The Times Correspondent on another occasion had declared to be characteristic of Ulstermen "in moments of emotion," was certainly displayed conspicuously on Ulster Day.

  49. Such an event as that which brought His Majesty to Belfast was naturally an occasion for bestowing marks of distinction for public service.

  50. Mr. Balfour immediately protested against this conduct as a breach of faith; but Mr. Redmond's speech on that occasion contained the explanation of the Government's conduct.

  51. He took occasion at the same meeting to impress upon his followers the spirit by which all their actions should be guided, and which always guided his own.

  52. The occasion was a memorable one in several respects.

  53. Nay, indeed, had not my lord himself on more than one occasion actually purchased a rose of his own from the flower-girl on the steps of the temple of Istar?

  54. Beside the broad basin, upon a table plated with gold, stood a flask of perfumed oil, treasured for many years for use upon some such holy occasion as this.

  55. Still, his behaviour on this occasion did somewhat surprise the young policeman who had accosted him.

  56. On this occasion Mr Snaggs and the dissenting ministers were for once in a way agreed.

  57. The car on this occasion was coming down from Moorthorne into Bursley, with its usual bump and rattle of windows.

  58. Her visitor upon the present occasion was personally known to her, so far as a mere bow went, when they met in society.

  59. I am going to Bow-street, and on what occasion I will tell you by the way.

  60. Who is there that has not had occasion to say to himself in life--"My thoughts were prophetic?

  61. On this occasion he gave himself up to the impulse of the moment, and, without affecting to talk their slang, or imitate their manners, he soon found himself highly popular amongst the ruffians by whom he was surrounded.

  62. This is indeed a rarity and an occasion for rejoicing.

  63. The tribunal of Kaschin, near Tver, once had occasion to judge a peasant named Tvorojnikoff who, as a result of his private meditations, had succeeded in evolving a new religion for himself and his friends.

  64. The police had a similar experience on another occasion when they tried to arrest one of the Vaïsoftzi, but in the end they got the upper hand, and several Tartars were delivered up to justice.

  65. These are strong words, and yet, as the result of a personal experience stretching over nearly twenty years, I make bold to say they are not so strong as the occasion would justify.

  66. It is a common saying in Europe that the first-class passengers consist of lords and fools, and few of the hundreds of thousands of American tourists traveling abroad give the natives occasion to class them with either.

  67. During the summer of 1849 the members of the committee had occasion to go to Bordentown, to inspect the company's books.

  68. They have been enabled to give employment to a larger number of men, and there has been no occasion for them to carry out the dishonest threat to decrease the wages of their employes.

  69. Meeting its chief attorney, he took occasion to call his attention to what he supposed to have been an oversight on the part of the officer charged with the distribution of the passes.

  70. That the secret cutting of rates and the sudden fluctuations that constantly take place are demoralizing to all business except that of a purely speculative character, and frequently occasion great injustice and heavy losses.

  71. This was a very important occasion in the estimation of the girls.

  72. On this occasion Winona and Garnet started in better time for the station, and did not get into the wrong train, as they had done on the expedition to Monkend Woods.

  73. To Winona the occasion seemed the triumph of her life.

  74. Her neighbor was taking off her boots, and did not seem as much impressed as the occasion merited.

  75. This was not to take place on the playing grounds of either school, but on a very superior cricket ground hired for the occasion from a local club.

  76. Happily there is no occasion to send the telegram.


  77. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "occasion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    occasion for; occasion might; occasion required; occasion requires; occasion should; occasional causes; occasional conformity; occasional typhoons; occasionally found; occasionally seen; occasionally used