OCCURRENCE in a Sentence

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49 example sentences for OCCURRENCE, such as:

1. The occurrence of storms delayed our trip.
2. We should prevent the occurrence of physical violence.
3. It is not my fault that so unusual an occurrence has taken place tonight.
4. It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.
5. Now, I am aware that there was a most deplorable occurrence in our house last night.

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 Meanings and Examples of OCCURRENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
occurrence
 n.  an event that happens; the action or fact of happening or occurring
Classic Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1  About two hours after this occurrence we heard the ground sea, and before night the ice broke and freed our ship.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  Such is my journal of what relates to this strange occurrence up to the present day.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
3  Skilful men, of the medical and chirurgical profession, were of rare occurrence in the colony.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE LEECH
4  I heard the mice too, rattling behind the panels, as if the same occurrence were important to their interests.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI
5  There was a supper-tray after we got home at night, and I think we should all have enjoyed ourselves, but for a rather disagreeable domestic occurrence.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIII
6  It is not my fault that so unusual an occurrence has taken place tonight.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
7  Mr. jorkins, who had been at Norwood since the occurrence, came to the office a few days afterwards.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
8  It was while he was engaged in this pursuit, that he was greatly startled and distressed by a most unexpected occurrence.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
9  If you would only come back with me in my brougham, you would at least be able to soothe him, though I can hardly hope that you will be able to explain this remarkable occurrence.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
10  There has only been one occurrence in these offices which could call for your attention.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
11  I had imagined that I had reached the end of my adventures, but a very unexpected occurrence showed me that there were surprises still in store for me.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
12  The reader will excuse me if I conceal the date or any other fact by which he might trace the actual occurrence.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
13  Now, I am aware that there was a most deplorable occurrence in our house last night.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
14  For instance, if I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence: I become absent-minded, as you say.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In I
15  She felt sure that the significance of the whole occurrence had lain in her own self-consciousness.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
Example Sentence:
1  The occurrence of storms delayed our trip.
2  We should prevent the occurrence of physical violence.
3  It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.
4  The main handicap is uncertain rainfall, with the occurrence at irregular intervals of very serious droughts.
5  Cannibalism is an undeniable occurrence rooted in antiquity and branching forth to the present-day.