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Example sentences for "occasioned"

Lexicographically close words:
occasio; occasion; occasional; occasionally; occasione; occasionem; occasioneth; occasioning; occasions; occasioun
  1. This arises from the Inordinate Influx of the Liquidum Nervorum, occasioned from its Acrimony, Viscosity, and Quantity, different from those in a healthful State.

  2. This is Occasioned by the Obstruction of some of the Capillary Vessels of the Brain by the Coagulated Part of the Blood, and the wounding of the Nervous Filaments by the Poisonous Saline Spiculæ.

  3. Now if to these be likewise added the strong attractive force of these small Volatil Particles, occasioned from their Exiguity, it will be no difficult matter to conceive, that they are capable of penetrating the Vessels of our Bodies.

  4. When the Cause producing these Diseases is general, and not occasioned by the peculiar Qualities of particular Places, but brought from Abroad, they are stiled Epidemic.

  5. To the Third belong, such as are occasioned by the Parts of Vegetables and Animals, especially those of Men, putrifying in the open Air.

  6. Leaving her and Oliver to compare notes at leisure, Mr. Brownlow led the way into another room, and there heard from Rose a full narration of her interview with Nancy, which occasioned him no little surprise and perplexity.

  7. I would I were able, at the price of all my blood, to redeem those tears which I have occasioned you to shed.

  8. The above address was occasioned by the following Epitaph, written by a Clergyman, and presented to the young lady whose tomb it was to adorn.

  9. Her marriage with Mr. D'Arblay, a gentleman suited to so amiable a partner, occasioned the loss of her place at court.

  10. This occasioned a relapse, and I had approached the verge of the grave.

  11. What occasioned that look of inquietude, when it was told him, that the emissaries of Pulaski occupied a chamber that looked into his garden?

  12. A slight indisposition occasioned my not being of the party.

  13. On the 29th, they departed, at early dawn, in order to take advantage of the firmness of the snow, occasioned by the last night's frost.

  14. A further delay has been occasioned in obtaining a few other important data.

  15. The selfishness of the late Napoleon Bonaparte occasioned innumerable wars in Europe and caused him to perish, himself, in a miserable island--that of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.

  16. The excitement of the campaign counteracted in George's mind the depression occasioned by the disinheriting letter.

  17. Amelia trembled in her place, for she was next to the awful Osborne, and alone on her side of the table--the gap being occasioned by the absence of George.

  18. Off Cape Cumberland is a small but pretty high island, on the summit of which is a rock like a sentry-box, which occasioned our giving that name to the island.

  19. This occasioned some delay, as it took up the whole day to clear the wreck, and fit another top-mast.

  20. Amongst the bulk of the people, the skin is more commonly of a dull hue, with some degree of roughness, especially the parts that are not covered, which perhaps may be occasioned by some cutaneous disease.

  21. This change of behaviour was certainly occasioned by the man being wounded; for, before, they had only been told of the effect of fire-arms, but now they had felt it.

  22. This I apprehend to have been the operation of extraordinary high tides, occasioned by violent, accidental gales from the westward, which have heaped up the sand beyond the reach of common tides.

  23. This occasioned me to make him an offer of one, either of pewter, or of earthenware.

  24. For on landing, we saw that this lively colour was occasioned only by one small plant, not much unlike some sorts of saxifrage, which grows in large spreading tufts to a considerable way up the hills.

  25. But I now found that this was occasioned by a single plant, which, with the other natural productions, shall be described in another place.

  26. And on my complaining much of the heat, occasioned by the crowd, the chief himself condescended to fan me, and gave me a small piece of cloth, which he had round his waist.

  27. The day on which this port was discovered occasioned my calling it New-Year's Harbour.

  28. There are nevertheless, upon the whole, few natural defects or deformities to be found amongst them, though we saw two or three with their feet bent inward, and some afflicted with a sort of blindness, occasioned by a disease of the cornea.

  29. Chaloner and Grenville are too young-looking and too good-looking for Lambert's villains; and a sight of them might have occasioned suspicion.

  30. What has occasioned your sudden interest in the thing?

  31. A grating sound, like that of a rusty lock, and clearly distinguishable above the noise occasioned by the wind, came to my ears.

  32. Of course, as the head of the family, this state of things occasioned me much concern.

  33. He was still for a moment, as if the sudden reference to his cousin occasioned him surprise; and that not altogether of a pleasant kind.

  34. He may perhaps have thought it better to wait before making such a claim until the first sensation occasioned by the double deaths through which he inherited had passed away.

  35. Footnote 4: The difficulty of tracing this witness, from the slight clue afforded by Mr. Morton's statement, occasioned considerable delay.

  36. The war of 1861 occasioned a great demand for onions and our onion culture on the black meadows began about that time.

  37. Some criticism of this work has been occasioned through the inclusion therein of biographical sketches; but we are certain that upon calm reflection it will be seen that such objections rest upon no substantial foundation.

  38. Among other instances, my own house was one day attacked by lightning, which occasioned the neighbours to run in to give assistance, in case of its being on fire.

  39. The extensive knowledge which he possessed of the situation of the colonies, and the regard which he always manifested for their interests, occasioned his appointment to the same office by the colonies of Massachussets, Maryland, and Georgia.

  40. The terms asked for the copyright of the English edition were high, amounting to several thousand pounds, which occasioned a little demur; but eventually they would no doubt have been obtained.

  41. Inoculation, letter on the deaths occasioned by, ii.

  42. This affair occasioned me, in the sequel, much uneasiness.

  43. This sight occasioned much astonishment and pleasure to those to whom it was new.

  44. I continued, however, to bear it patiently, conceiving that his ill humour was partly occasioned by the derangement and embarrassment of his affairs.

  45. The shock to the nerves (or convulsion rather) is occasioned by the sudden passing of the fire through the body in its way from the top to the bottom of the bottle.

  46. Several defiles and a large swamp occasioned our Brigade to encamp about three miles in the rear of the army.

  47. Crossing the Seneca creek (or outlet) and several large defiles occasioned our not arriving in town till some time in the evening.

  48. E95] Measles in hogs are small round globules or pustules that lie along the muscles; and are occasioned by uncleanness and want of water.

  49. E296] Hoven cheese is occasioned by negligence in breaking the curd; and therefore Cisley deserves to be driven to creeks, or holes and corners, for her idleness and inattention.

  50. An altercation ensued, which resulted in threats on the part of Smith that he would throw Brown into the river; and a coolness was occasioned between the friends which subsisted for several days.

  51. At first, the oil was manufactured principally for combustion in the Read-Holliday lamp and for dissolving rubber, but the development of the coal-tar colour industry occasioned a demand for benzols of definite purity.

  52. In the same year he published his essay on comets, Conamen Novi Systematis Cometarum, which was occasioned by the appearance of the comet of 1680.

  53. Fisher's administration came to a head at a moment coinciding with the new shipbuilding crisis occasioned by the revelations as to the increase of the German fleet.

  54. The result was an incongruity in the various parts of our attire, which occasioned much merriment.

  55. The vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Johnson was filled by the promotion of Bunker to be third mate; and the next matter for consideration was the selection of a boatsteerer for the larboard boat.

  56. The question occasioned several warm debates in the senate.

  57. After some little delay occasioned by the ladies, who, as might be expected, all forgot something at the last woman's, we started.

  58. This illness appears to have been occasioned by mental anguish and evidently her son only has the power to soothe her.

  59. The baron's appearance down-stairs at such an early hour occasioned quite a commotion.

  60. After passing the bridge of St. Angelo, he was strongly tempted to stop at the prison of Tor di Nona; but he considered his duty to his convent, where doubtless his absence from dinner had occasioned surprise.

  61. The avoidance of labor is a child of pride, one which has occasioned multitudinous disorders among mankind.

  62. This came as a climax to the sorrow already arising from her mother's illness, from her remorse in having partly occasioned it.

  63. This story occasioned a great laugh, though Minnie pitied the crying girl, who not only had to bear the splinter, but the punishment of the cat.

  64. In some cases this occasioned an extraordinary difference in the total charge.


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