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Example sentences for "occured"

Lexicographically close words:
occupy; occupye; occupyed; occupying; occur; occuring; occurred; occurrence; occurrences; occurreth
  1. Quite a number of amusing incidents occured that tended to relieve the monotony and lighten the burden of our labors.

  2. Chinese Riots The next tragic chapter in the history of Seattle occured in the winter of 1886, and is known as the Chinese Riots.

  3. But little of interest occured on this trip.

  4. Harry knew that Louis had always been a favorite with Isabel, but the remotest idea of the real state of the case never for a moment occured to him.

  5. It is remarkable that it never occured to me, after the many times I have read it.

  6. Finally a happy thought occured to him, and he said, "Mother, I believe I will take the Bible and go to my room and read, so as to be prepared for our lesson this evening.

  7. Now, to tell the truth, the idea never occured to me before, but when she spoke of it I saw my chance.

  8. It occured to me that I might have some fun with the ignorant darkies over the eclipse.

  9. When the required consent could not be had from all parties concerned it sometimes caused friction and instances have occured when attempts at elopement was made causing no end of trouble.

  10. It occured like this: A 250 pound hog had been fruitless.

  11. Severe damage to gas holders occured out to 6,500 feet in both cities.

  12. It occured in a negress who was purchased by General Melville, in the island of Dominica, in the West Indies, about the year 1744.

  13. At this point there occured one of those little incidents that oftentimes raises a man above his fellows and marks him for all time as one to whom the regard for justice is paramount above all things, even life itself.

  14. This event occured in the month of October, 1878, but I cannot give the exact date of the occurrence.

  15. It was a plain case of where Custer was afraid and the other 'dassent,' it averted, as a result, one of the worst slaughters that ever occured in the Indian Territory.

  16. Meanwhile a change had occured in Parthia.

  17. These amicable relations between the two sovereigns would probably have continued undisturbed till the death of one or the other, had not a revolution occured in Armenia, which tempted the Parthian king beyond his powers of resistance.

  18. And once more he began to interrogate Gavalgana's son of the Suta caste about the incidents, as they occured in the battle.

  19. Then there occured an encounter between Duryodhana, filled with wrath and desire of revenge, and Nakula filled with the same feelings.

  20. This seemed exceedingly wonderful, and never occured to other kings, Even those that saw king Dilipa, that firm bowman, always truthful in speech and giving away profuse gifts at his sacrifices, succeeded in ascending to heaven.

  21. But, between Narwa and St. Petersburgh, one misfortune after the other occured to us.

  22. At the moment, the thought occured to me of the Circus of Herr de Bach in the Prater.

  23. But here something befell me that filled me with such terror, that I fainted away, a circumstance which with my strong frame of body, never occured to me before or since.

  24. Some of the former had to be swum over, whilst the latter occured at every mile.

  25. A delay of a couple of hours occured in consequence of a thunder-storm flooding a narrow gutter that might be hopped over.

  26. She had pulled up my shirt to look again at the great change that had occured to my prick--of course, our preliminaries had already excited it to a stiff-standing position.

  27. Fortunately, I had never frigged myself, and that resource never occured to me, or I might have rendered myself quite incapable of enjoying the raptures my beautiful benefactress afterwards entranced me with.

  28. Defn: A representation, in the same picture, of two or events which occured at different times.

  29. Note: Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.

  30. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediatelly proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it.

  31. This occured by striking a file against a flint rock which threw off sparks that fell into a wad of dry cotton used for the purpose.

  32. When this chemical process occured there was a regular sized candle to be used for lighting.

  33. As the reflection occured to him, he stepped forward: and said, somewhat hastily, that he was ready.

  34. Something then occured which helped me, penniless as I was.

  35. Wood got L5 more on the following day, went to America, and while there wrote to Taylor a letter in which occured the passage.

  36. Then there were the events described as having occured at the Savoy Hotel in March 1892.

  37. Every part of the plant is dangerously poisonous, and death has occured from using its wood for skewers in cooking meat.

  38. Hal was sure of one thingn, that if Doris had not decided it would suit her plans to be Dudley's wife, the idea would not have occured to him.

  39. He could in fact be fairly tolerant; but as Hal affectionately observed, Dudley was so apt to pat himself on the back for his toleration towards things that it would never have occured to most persons needed tolerating.

  40. It had never occured to Lorraine that, whether it was a duty or not, after what had passed it was certainly a fine act upon her part.

  41. He loved his sister also - he loved her better than any one, but it would never have occured to him that she should be studied, or that there was anything in her to study.

  42. It was a curious thing which occured to both afterwards, that there had been some indefinable change, observable in each to each, dating from that particular evening.

  43. A swift surprise passed through Lorraine's eyes, as if it had not occured to her Hal would not know the truth.

  44. But this side of the question never occured to her.

  45. Her next affaire occured when she was travelling to Rome with her brother Pizzicato, who was to become a chorister at the Vatican.

  46. Her first love affair occured about a week after her arrival in her home in Florence.


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