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Example sentences for "occurred"

Lexicographically close words:
occupyed; occupying; occur; occured; occuring; occurrence; occurrences; occurreth; occurring; occurrit
  1. Has it never occurred to you that she was in love with you?

  2. Has it occurred to you that the white ladies won't be very nice?

  3. These headaches lasted three days and occurred at the menstrual periods, ceasing throughout pregnancy and lactation.

  4. The synostoses which occurred in the early periods had an evolutive significance and were associated with the growth of the body and the intelligence.

  5. If the uselessness of speculation had occurred to him at the beginning of his investigation he might have escaped responsibility for shaking the faith of two generations by his guessing on the whole subject of biology.

  6. The same thing, in other circumstances, occurred again and again, with the result that the terrors of excommunication ceased to be dreaded.

  7. When he heard what had occurred he was highly indignant.

  8. Again and again the project seemed on the eve of accomplishment, but some untoward event always occurred to render the scheme abortive.

  9. These incidents had all occurred in this March within a brief period, and may be accepted as an illustration of what was going on almost every day in the year within the respective wardenries.

  10. Meanwhile, alarming rumours of what had occurred had reached Hungary, but were credited by few, and as to being themselves in any real, still less immediate danger, that the Hungarians would not bring themselves to believe.

  11. Nothing occurred to cause him alarm, and it was not yet sunset when he drew rein in front of William Cotton's store.

  12. That hadn't occurred to me when I put it there; and in fact I didn't know it.

  13. They all looked unhit, and said they didn't know; that they had never thought about it before, and it hadn't ever occurred to them that a nation could be so situated that every man could have a say in the government.

  14. The near chance of her own death had not occurred to her mind when she accepted the trust.

  15. This thought had occurred to him more than once, as from his sick-bed he had, unobserved, studied the expression with which Alessandro gazed at Ramona.

  16. She no longer knew what had happened a few hours before, yet her memory faithfully retained the incidents that occurred many years previous.

  17. But directly after a second thought occurred to him, and he added: "Yes, I can serve you.

  18. He was gazing anxiously at the floor, for he had good reason to be troubled, though the reflection that he had been alone with the king, and the unprecedented act had occurred without witnesses, somewhat soothed him.

  19. This thought now occurred to him for the first time.

  20. Then the thought occurred to him, that he could speak to the fair one by means of a picture.

  21. She had fallen ill the 29th of March, the day after the close of the third trial, and was growing worse when the scene which I have just described occurred in her cell.

  22. It had not occurred to me at the time, but the conviction came upon me now that at that time she had already seen the Tree.

  23. We may safely say that this never occurred to Shakespeare himself, and may add him to one of that numerous class slyly alluded to by Ingoldsby; people “kept out of their property by the rightful owners.

  24. No case of plague or other illness had occurred on board the frigate during the voyage, and the Sultan's sons and other passengers were allowed to land at Tangier.

  25. Lacroix describes a case of poisoning through eating the "sprat" which occurred on board a French man-of-war.

  26. My first practical illustration of this fact occurred so long ago that it seems almost like ancient history.

  27. In making this inquiry we will confine ourselves to such cases as have occurred within the past two years.

  28. An incident which occurred in connection with this dairy furnishes a story which Mr. Washington likes to tell, because it illustrates a point which he constantly impresses upon his colored audiences.

  29. Strange to say it never occurred to her to set them down till quite recently, nearly fifty years after the event.

  30. A few days ago it occurred to me that there must be other means, as yet untried, of advertising one's patriotism.

  31. It was long before such a conjunction of circumstances occurred as would have led the economical Max Franz to appoint an organist adjunct.

  32. It is very possible that the illness mentioned by the Fischoff Manuscript may have occurred during this summer.

  33. For although conceptions can sometimes be traced directly to their exciting causes, the musical composer can seldom say more than that they occurred to him at such a time and place--and often not even that.

  34. Mattioli's resignation was followed by the call of Joseph Reicha to the place of concertmaster; but for Mozart no vacancy occurred at that time.

  35. Early in the year 1798, a political event occurred which demands notice here from its connection with one of Beethoven's noblest and most original works--the "Sinfonia Eroica.

  36. Nothing of moment had occurred since our departure from New York.

  37. There was no possibility of hearing the human voice, save at odd intervals when a brief cessation occurred in the firing.

  38. It was really growing monotonous, when something occurred at the gun to which I was attached that served to give us an exciting minute or two.

  39. As we steamed in closer to the fleet we saw indications that something of importance had occurred or was about to occur.

  40. While on the way it suddenly occurred to me that I had forgotten to close the door between the two rooms of which the house was composed.

  41. The Fenimores mourned for their only son, the idol of their hearts; but the manifestation of their grief was stoical compared with their unconcealed desolation on the occasion of a tragedy that occurred the year before.

  42. When we drew up at my front door, it occurred to me that there was no Marigold in attendance.

  43. It never occurred to Pen to doubt the fact, or to question whether the stories of a man who, like his new friend, never spoke well of any woman, were likely to be true.

  44. Marion was constrained to put this question, by a thought that had suddenly occurred to her.

  45. And pray what has occurred between Master Wull Walford and myself?

  46. But an event had occurred making it desirable that, on that particular night, they should depart from their usual custom.

  47. I mean, captain, the little affair as occurred between you and him--in the old camp over there.

  48. It never occurred to him, that there could be any intention of interrupting his march.

  49. Since that hour no doubt had occurred to her mind.

  50. While proceeding along the passage, it occurred to Withers that he had left the wicket on the latch.

  51. It never occurred to her to ask herself the question: whether the recipient, under the circumstances, could have acted otherwise?

  52. It had never occurred to them to speculate on the cause of Scarthe's absence from the mansion--during the two days of the trial.

  53. What had occurred to disquiet the thoughts of Marion Wade?

  54. For an instant he grasped the knife more firmly, to slay the son of the chief enemy of his country; then the possibility of carrying him away a captive occurred to him, but he saw that this was out of the question.

  55. But that any of these passages should debouch beyond the Roman lines had not occurred to them.

  56. Certainly no such thought as this occurred to Martha, as she re-entered the house; though she did fear that trouble, and ruin, might be approaching.

  57. Startled, as they were, with the suddenness of the awaking, and the sight of the blazing tents, there was none of that confusion that would have occurred among troops less inured to warfare.

  58. No thought of asking how they were to pass through the Roman lines occurred to them.

  59. Nothing has occurred since then to alter that.

  60. It was certainly a happy coincidence that the dream should have occurred to him, at this moment.

  61. Though the project, however, was formed during their interview, the idea upon which it was founded had repeatedly occurred to her before, short as the time had been that was given for its ripening.

  62. Ere they had walked a mile, however, an accident occurred which effectually roused him from the dejection that appeared to have fallen upon his spirits.

  63. These plains or terraces were best developed where the valley was widest; the whole five, like gigantic steps, occurred together only at a few points.

  64. From these considerations it occurred to me, that perhaps we here had the novel and curious case of already inclined laminae obliquely tilted at a subsequent period by the granitic axis.

  65. I could not make out whether this vein or stratum occurred in the gypseous formation, or more probably in some underlying masses [A], which I believe are altered clay-slate.

  66. The upheaval, having occurred here earlier than at Santa Fe, may be naturally accounted for by the contemporaneous volcanic action.

  67. The only sudden elevation of which there is any record occurred in 1822, and this seems to have been less than three feet.

  68. His admission to the corporation of painters as a master occurred the same year, as the books attest.

  69. She had not done so, but probably would have done had it occurred to her.

  70. He had counted on him with such passionate certainty that it never occurred to him for a moment that his note could have miscarried.

  71. It never occurred to him that since her accident Marie had suffered agonies because she feared that he was wearied by her helplessness and unutterably bored because he was more or less chained to her side.

  72. I know--I suppose it never occurred to me.

  73. The news of what had occurred had spread like wildfire and, red faced and frowning angrily.

  74. The event appears to have occurred about 1830.

  75. An incident quite worthy of note, occurred at this place.

  76. His death occurred at his Clackamas farm in 1884.


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