Use occasion in a sentence
Sentences ending with occasion
- When anything went wrong, Sam'l had an appropriate word for the occasion. [9]
- He arrayed himself with faultless elegance: nothing must be neglected on such an occasion. [6]
- It swings out when the housewife wants to hang on the tea-kettle, and it is strong enough to support a row of pots, or a mammoth caldron kettle on occasion. [4]
- But it is what might reasonably have been expected--that this great city of Cincinnati would thus acquit herself on such an occasion. [7]
- That is all very well so far as it goes, but satisfies no man, and makes a good many angry, as I told you on a former occasion. [6]
- Had "Fortune," which usually left him in the lurch when creating, aided him on this occasion? [10]
- The rector rose to the occasion. [9]
- He was equal to the occasion. [7]
- We were equal to the occasion. [5]
- But it seems to me that temporary reasons are not mete for the occasion. [5]
Short sentences using occasion
- The occasion was too big. [11]
- There must be occasion. [11]
- An occasion presented itself. [12]
- It was a great occasion. [5]
- It was an extraordinary occasion. [5]
- The occasion slipped by. [11]
Sentences containing occasion two or more times
- The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. [7]
- Upon a subsequent occasion, Judge Trumbull spoke again before an audience at Alton, and upon that occasion not only repeated his charge against Douglas, but arrayed the evidence he relied upon to substantiate it. [7]
- I was fortunate enough to see and hear Mr. Gladstone on a still more memorable occasion, and can afford to leave saying what were my impressions of the very eminent statesman until I speak of that occasion. [6]
- They took the central one away in 1852, on the occasion of thanksgivings for the reinstitution of the presidential power--but precious soon they had occasion to reconsider that motion and put it back again! [5]
- Gentlemen, this is a glorious theme, and the occasion for a speech, but I am not prepared to make one worthy of the occasion. [7]
More example sentences with the word occasion in them
- Not having as yet seen occasion to change, it is now my purpose to pursue the course marked out in the inaugural address. [7]
- We covered it with swell tapestries borrowed for the occasion, and topped it off with the abbot's own throne. [5]
- He himself rode with dignity, though this journey was the first occasion on which he had sat on horseback. [10]
- I hope you will have no unwelcome occasion for his services,--you are never ill, you know,--but, anyhow, he is going to be here, and no matter what happens he will be on hand. [6]
- The shrewd clergyman, whose creed could be lax enough on occasion, had provided himself with authorities of all kinds to meet these awkward questions in casuistical divinity. [6]
- Miss Puss Russell, who has another name, and whose hair is now white, will tell you how Virginia carried off the occasion with credit to her country. [9]
- A coarse barmaid, who had grown up in the camp, served the assembled men, but she had no occasion to hurry, for the Spaniards were slow drinkers. [10]
- A beautiful bouquet which had been miraculously preserved for the occasion was for the first time displayed. [6]
- We agreed that when she wanted bustle, or when I wanted quiet, we were to let each other know, and exchange visits as occasion required. [14]
- Upon one occasion, when he was desperately enamored of a lady whom he wished to marry, he got Irving to write for him a love-letter, containing an offer of his heart and hand. [4]
- On one occasion, when he sat beside her, a young man, who shall be nameless, was suddenly heard to remark in the midst of an accidental lull: "I never go to church. [9]
- On the occasion when he had quoted a verse of poetry to them, one of them said to him with a sidelong glance: "You seem to be dead-struck on Nature, Ingolby. [11]
- On another occasion, when Bynner had written a poem to Clara Clemens, her father pretended great indignation that the first poem written by Bynner to any one in his household should not be to him, and threatened revenge. [5]
- Clemens and Webster were often at the house of General Grant during these early days of 1885, and it must have been Webster who was present with Clemens on the great occasion described in the following telegram. [5]
- As I never went prepared with a speech for any such occasion, I take it for granted that I thanked the company in a way that showed my gratitude rather than my eloquence. [6]
- M. Double, a well-known medical writer and a physician of high standing in Paris, had occasion so long ago as 1801, before he had heard of Homoeopathy, to make experiments upon Cinchona, or Peruvian bark. [3]
- Let him, say we, have general law in advance (guarded in every possible way against fraud), so that, when he acquires a legal right, he will have no occasion to wait for additional legislation; and if he has practiced fraud let the courts so decide. [7]
- What occasion there was to be dod derned about it is a thing which is still as much of a mystery to me now as it was then. [5]
- Ah, but this was to be an occasion, a festival! [9]
- Thus the occasion was tinged with awe. [9]
- Of course Sydenham was much abused by his contemporaries, as he frequently takes occasion to remind his reader. [3]
- The October Fest was instituted for the people by the old Ludwig I. on the occasion of his marriage; and it has ever since retained its position as the great festival of the Bavarian people, and particularly of the peasants. [4]
- Indeed--and this thought was cynical and out of character--he asked himself on one occasion whether his principal achievement so far had not consisted in getting on unusual terms with Eldon Parr. [9]
- He thought she was anxious, as on a former occasion, lest his election to the office of Eletto might prove his ruin, so he drew her towards him, exclaiming "Have no fear, Bonita. [10]
- In one corner was a fiddler, and on the veille, flourished for the occasion with satinettes and fern, sat two centeniers and the prevot, singing an old song in the patois of three parishes. [11]
- Where the stage waits never each two minutes there is no occasion for music. [5]
- The people were waiting for Caesar; but stricter order was observed than on the occasion of his arrival. [10]
- It was a very pleasant occasion when the Doctor brought Avis over to sit with us at the table where she used to stand and wait upon us. [6]
- Jowett was often very critical of Osterhaut's acts, words and views, but on this occasion they were of one mind. [11]
- And Mr. Hilary Vane was often in consultation with him, as he was on the present occasion when Victoria flung open the door. [9]
- I have said, upon a former occasion, and I repeat it now, that the course of arguement that Judge Douglas makes use of upon this subject (I charge not his motives in this), is preparing the public mind for that new Dred Scott decision. [7]
- I have said upon a former occasion, and I do not choose to suppress it now, that I have no objection to the division in the Judge's party. [7]
- Then, and not until then, Daniel Quilp himself, the cause and occasion of all this clamour, was observed to be in the room, looking on and listening with profound attention. [12]
- On this occasion Ulrich saw the king. [10]
- Having seen the two serving-men dispose, in a convenient place, the refreshment which Lempriere's appetite compelled, the fool took command of the occasion and made the two sit upon a bank, while he prepared the repast. [11]
- A special office, too, was created on this occasion for an old supporter of Jethro's, Senator Peleg Hartington of Brampton. [9]
- The new President, too, seizes the early occasion of the Silliman letter to indorse and strongly construe that decision, and to express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained! [7]
- On occasion the tones of his voice told her, the look that came into his eyes proclaimed it to her, his feverishness and restlessness made it certain. [11]
- Resenting therefore the tone he had assumed, I took occasion not only to reiterate my previously expressed opinion somewhat more aggressively, but also went on to insinuate that he was himself distinctly lacking in any real appreciation of what was excellent. [4]
- Yet he set to work swiftly and prudently, helping with his own hands when occasion required. [10]
- He knew how to weaken his divinity, on occasion, as well as an old housewife to weaken her tea, lest it should keep people awake. [6]
- He scrupled not to use a forceful word when occasion demanded. [9]
- She was beginning to understand that evil is not absolute, and that good is often an occasion more than a condition. [11]
- In short, owing to the pressing nature of the occasion, the judge would take the liberty of calling the committee together immediately. [9]
- Writing of himself to the Chevalier on one occasion, he laid bare with a merciless honesty his nature and his career. [11]
- Perhaps he meant to take advantage of the occasion to say some very serious things. [5]
- Whoever had occasion to shun appearing by daylight in a place which never lacked bailiffs and city soldiers, slunk to the hospital at night. [10]
- I was obliged to return with her, but will presently emigrate again, when occasion offers. [5]
- I was obliged to return with her, but will presently emigrate again when occasion offers. [5]
- I had occasion to read the whole volume, not long since, in preparation for a new edition, and was rather more pleased with it than I had expected to be. [6]
- For his omission to perform his whole duty on that occasion, and the injury thereby inflicted on the service and the country, his name was stricken from the list of naval officers and he was dismissed [from] the service. [7]
- I took occasion to measure one of the lemons, called a citron-lemon, and found its circumference to be twenty-one inches one way by fifteen inches the other,--about as big as a railway conductor's lantern. [4]
- It is monstrous to me that the situation should be made on either side a political occasion for private ambition or for party ends. [4]
- I want you to maintain your dignity always with such persons, and I beg you not to go to the study of this clergyman, unless some older friend goes with you on every occasion, and sits through the visit. [6]
- It is gratifying to know that the patriotism of the people has proved equal to the occasion, and that the number of troops tendered greatly exceeds the force which Congress authorized me to call into the field. [7]
- He took occasion to insult me (I cannot with propriety repeat his speech), and he flung a bottle after me as I passed out the door. [9]
- The nobleman returning to his home had no occasion to find shelter in a tavern. [10]
- But something happened to him one afternoon, on the occasion of his giving proof of an intellect which may eventually bring him, in the footsteps of his great namesake, to the White House. [9]
- When I replied to him on that occasion, I assured him that I never had anything to do with them. [7]
- But he rose to every occasion. [7]
- I have consciences to come all the way from China and Russia to see a person of that kind put through his paces, on a special occasion. [5]
- He was used to being neglected by the people who ran after his younger colleague; and the attention paid him in asking him to be present on an important occasion, as he understood this to be, pleased him greatly. [6]
- This query appeared to be unanswerable, until the simple--though none the less remarkable--solution came to him, that perhaps no definite occasion had hitherto arisen for seeking it. [9]
- She recalled--with indignation, to be sure--the conversation she had overheard in the dining room of the Duncan house, but her indignation was particularly directed, on that occasion, towards Mr. Tooting. [9]
- The town began to be filled with country people, and the holiday might be said to have commenced; for the city gives itself up to the occasion. [4]
- They were ready to "burst a meeting" or bludgeon a candidate on occasion. [11]
- And many a time in Nevada, afterwards, we had occasion to remember with humiliation that we were "emigrants," and consequently a low and inferior sort of creatures. [5]
- From time to time I found myself speculating uneasily on this phenomenon as I glanced down the table at his great torso, white waist-coated for the occasion. [9]
- Of the first three gentlemen I have either spoken elsewhere or may find occasion to speak hereafter. [6]
- On one occasion thousands came forth to meet thousands, and the Prefect called out the troops--all Greeks--to restore order by force. [10]
- Will you return those proofs or revises to me, so that I can use the same on some future occasion? [5]
- It was after this occasion, when she had been so profoundly agitated by a seemingly insignificant cause, that her father and Old Sophy were sitting, one at one side of her bed and one at the other. [6]
- The entertainment on this occasion was of the most varied character. [6]
- He omitted on this occasion to offer his customary greeting, but hastily asked her: "Has Sabina been told? [10]
- Stillness reigned in this chamber, and Els scarcely had occasion to dread much disturbance, for the countess had been strictly forbidden to enter the sufferer's room. [10]
- There is another thing to which I wish to ask attention for a little while on this occasion. [7]
- On this occasion, there was no translating. [10]
- I think that there is no occasion for any excitement. [7]
- And, after all, there could be no more deception; for opportunity and occasion no longer existed. [11]
- Only now and then it would be taken up and opened, and something drawn from it for a special occasion, more particularly for the annual reunions of a certain class of which I was a member. [6]
- The judge ushered them into his bedroom, the parlor being too good for such an occasion. [9]
- The occasion of their meeting alone was the first night of her return, when the Notary and Charley had kept watch beside her father's body. [11]
- Dr. Pemberton and the venerable Dr. Hurlbut honored the occasion with their presence.--We learn that the Rev. [6]
- The newspapers are the vehicle of it, sometimes the occasion, but not the cause. [4]
- The whistle of the up-train served to strengthen his resolution, for he was reminded thereby that his mill often had occasion to ask favors of the Truro Railroad. [9]
- On the return--and the twenty miles seemed short enough--lunch was served, and was the occasion of a good deal of hilarity and innocent badinage. [4]
- In one of the silences that fell between Shon's attempts to give hilarity to the occasion, there came a rumbling far-off sound, a sound that increased in volume till the earth beneath them responded gently to the vibration. [11]
- Your colleague in the service of Serapis has nothing to care for but the honor of his god; but he does not succeed in rising to the occasion. [10]
- On every occasion the sentiment was uttered with that fresh conviction in tone which made it appear to be born again. [11]
- It chanced that the present occasion was the battle-day of the Red Cap Corps. [5]
- On this occasion the postmaster was seated in his shirt sleeves by the stove, alone, his listeners being conspicuously absent. [9]
- Here in Munich the people we have occasion to address in the street are uniformly courteous. [4]
- His feelings on the occasion, however interesting to himself, should not be even named in this connection. [3]
- You rejoiced at the occasion, and only were troubled that there were not three times as many killed in the affair. [7]
- His language on the occasion was pointed and confident. [11]
- It was on the occasion of one of her visits to London that he had desired her to obtain a sight of Prince Albert's armoury, if possible. [14]
- His demeanor on the occasion did credit to his sense of his own virtuous conduct and his self-possession. [6]
- Several times, in the month just past, she had had unwonted attacks of dizziness, of faintness, and on one occasion Anna Mower, alarmed, had opened the window of the bibliotheque and thrust her into the cold air. [9]
- In my youth the monarchs of England had ceased to touch for the evil, but there was no occasion for this diffidence: they could have cured it forty-nine times in fifty. [5]
- Mr. Allen, of the 'Miles Standish Bicycle Company,' whose name he has borrowed for the occasion, is enough like him in appearance to be his twin brother. [9]
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