It never occurred to Honora that had it not been for Peter those evenings would have been even less bearable than they were.
Honora never asked her uncle such questions: to do so never occurred to her.
But, although she found she could do arithmetic without any great difficulty, it never occurred to her either that her father could be wrong or that there might be in herself the making of an exceptional woman.
Has it never occurred to you that you may keep the ten commandments strictly, and yet be a most objectionable person?
It never occurred to him that her great, passionate love for the little one was the sole motive for the deed she had done.
He never thought to ask her how she had come thither; it never occurred to him.
He saw a large mansion, but it never occurred to him to ask whether his daughter was mistress or servant; he only knew that the carriage had stopped, and that very shortly he should see his child.
We may believe that it never occurred to the young printer, looking up landmarks of Ben Franklin, that time would show points of resemblance between the great Franklin's career and his own.
Holmes wrote: "It never occurred to me for a moment to take offense, or feel wounded by your playful use of my name.
He knew so little of women that it never occurred to him that sometimes they give such a promise hastily, accepting what is offered from various motives--very often because what they most desire is withheld.
In his unconsciousness it never occurred to him that it is the little courtesies and graces of speech and action which commend a man first to the notice of the woman he wants to win.
Has it never occurred to you what poor preparation Miss Graham has had for the position you intend her to fill?
Mr. Fordyce was very good-natured, and not at all curious; it never occurred to him to try and dissuade her from such a hurried departure, or pester her with questions about it.
There were now two beads of sweat on the General's forehead; he would have wiped it dry with his hand, but he could not, for his fists were firmly clenched, and it never occurred to him to open them.
Old Benjamin, in a sort of stupor, let the weapon fall out of his hand; it never occurred to him that he had extracted the bullet himself beforehand lest in a moment of distraction he might blow his own brains out.
It never occurred to Mr Crawley that he and his affair had, in truth, been the cause of her death.
It never occurred to Crosbie that it was a matter of great moment to Dobbs Broughton himself that the bill should be taken up.
It never occurredto Lily that this man could be the Major Grantly of whom she and Grace had been talking during the whole length of the walk home.
It never occurred to her for a moment that it could become her to answer it.
He liked her, and it never occurred to him that it could be anything but a privilege to minister to any need of Molly's.
It never occurred to me that we had not a room for your friend, now that he is kind enough to come.
For it never occurred to Ruth for a moment to throw over Dare and marry Charles.
It never occurred to her to suppose that her own hard lot was any contradiction to the theory.
Brought up in intense formalism, it never occurred to her that it was possible to pray without an image, a crucifix, or a pair of beads.
It never occurred to him that Blink might feel jealous over Andy's hard-earned reputation as a "tamer of wild ones," or mistake his good nature for patronage.
To Maurice's wife these things were all like oil on fire; but it never occurred to her to try to develop in herself any of the qualities he seemed to find attractive in Edith.
That Lily, seeing the growing perfection of her handsome, naughty little boy, was becoming uneasy lest Maurice might be moved to envy, never occurred to him.
It never occurred to General Cass to call his discovery by the odd name of popular sovereignty.
It never occurred to me that I was doing anything or favoring anything to reduce to a dead uniformity all the local institutions of the various States.
This is so common a practice that it never occurred to me to state that the article had been modified; but now I much regret that I did not do so.
I was particularly struck with the use of the words "it never occurred to me," and felt how completely of a piece it was with the opening paragraph of the "Origin of Species.
It never occurred to us that there might be other and more dangerous opponents who were not brought forward.
It never occurred to him that there could be the slightest difficulty in carrying out this resolve.
In his self-abnegation it never occurred to him that his own life was as valuable as Howard Quintan's.
They were frankly impossible, but fortunately so meek and humble that it never occurred to them to assert themselves or resent their daughter going to places where they would have been refused.
Raymond admired them; envied them; but itnever occurred to him to ask why they should go and he should stay.
It never occurred to her now, that any one of these four would on that account hold out a hand to help her.
It never occurred to her that there had been no such engagement.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "never occurred" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
