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Example sentences for "such occasions"

  • Personally, on such occasions, I used the only remedy I could see -- namely, capsizing the sledge.

  • I thought with longing of the tail of Amundsen's anorak that was so useful on such occasions, but here there was nothing to take hold of.

  • A hearty grasp of the hand serves the purpose quite as well on such occasions.

  • On such occasions a skilful native will secure a great many birds.

  • On such occasions I have been often astonished at the facility with which large bodies, have by a little kindness and forbearance been managed, and kept from being troublesome or annoying, by a party of only six or seven Europeans.

  • I felt, on such occasions, that I could have sat quietly and contentedly, and let the glass of life glide away to its last sand.

  • It requires much philosophy to be cheerful on such occasions.

  • On such occasions it was necessary to be prepared to resist the wind and snowdrift, and the round itself was often full of exasperating annoyances.

  • Influenced by these feelings, she exhausted in succession all the usual arguments for courage, and all the expressions of sympathy and condolence ordinarily employed on such occasions.

  • The arrangements for defence were not made without the degree of fracas incidental to such occasions.

  • His talent at dressing a little dish was often put in requisition on such occasions, and an Irish stew was that on which he particularly plumed himself.

  • Desperate riots often arose on such occasions, especially when the Templars, or other youths connected with the aristocracy, were insulted, or conceived themselves to be so.

  • In short, sir, on such occasions, I think I am bewitched.

  • On such occasions, the Spaniards contrived to work their way across the rivers on rafts, swimming their horses by the bridle.

  • He objected to having his eyes bandaged, as was customary on such occasions, and, after confession, he devoutly embraced the cross, and submitted his neck to the stroke of the executioner.

  • On such occasions, the most potent of these great vassals never ventured into his presence, without first stripping off their sandals, and bearing a load on their backs in token of reverence.

  • But his kindness was tempered with severity, which displayed itself, on such occasions as required interposition, in a manner that rarely failed to repress everything like insubordination.

  • Zurita tells us, that both the king and queen were averse to meetings of cortes in Castile oftener than absolutely necessary, and both took care, on such occasions, to have their own agents near the deputies, to influence their proceedings.

  • Dawney smiled; the features of his broad, clean-shaven face looked ridiculously small on such occasions, but his eyes retained their air of calculation.

  • On such occasions my father let me know that I was disobeying his orders by rapping on the ceiling of his bedroom with a slight wooden rod of ten feet that he kept for measuring purposes.

  • It was on one of such occasions--when he was sketching the details of some picturesque pollard old willows up the Thames, and standing all the time in wet ground--that he caught a severe cold which confined him to the house.

  • Archy was in his glory on such occasions.

  • It had been expected that, according to the practice usual on such occasions, the people would be exhorted to liberality from the pulpits.

  • He could, with more truth than diplomatists on such occasions think at all necessary, disclaim, on the part of the States General, any hostile project.

  • I have seen them sink under water and bring up a fish writhing on the short spear they use on such occasions, which they have struck either in the forehead, or under the lateral fin, with unerring precision.

  • It appears to me then that discipline is the first and principal point to be considered on such occasions; unless indeed the leader be implicitly obeyed it is impossible that matters should go on regularly.

  • I had given her something interesting for her thoughts to dwell upon, and her wheel was a mechanical accompaniment on such occasions, the revolutions of which assisted her in the explanation of her ideas.

  • The Lowland herds and harvests they accounted their own, whenever they had the means of driving off the one or of seizing upon the other; nor did the least scruple on the right of property interfere on such occasions.

  • Sometimes Felix was restless and wakeful, and on such occasions he insisted that his governess should come and read him to sleep.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "such occasions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    acquainted with; adjacent waters; after bathing; cheerful heart; great character; individual independence; large party; laying down; not more; small hamlet; such and; such are; such case; such cases; such circumstances; such manner; such men; such places; such that; such thing; such times; such wise; such words; what has been said; wheat bran; young lady