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Example sentences from the Web for occasionsThey thought they spotted him on at least two occasions, but he was too far away for them to grab him. Killer Eric Frein Held in Murdered Cop’s Cuffs|Michael Daly|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST On some occasions as many as 60 airplanes were involved, a massive display of power backed up by as many as 500 ground personnel. The Secret NATO-Turkey War Game for ISIS|Clive Irving|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST ISIS and al Qaeda bitterly split earlier this year, and have since attacked one another on occasions. Al Qaeda Plotters in Syria ‘Went Dark,’ U.S. Spies Say|Eli Lake|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST He can seem on occasion morose, on other occasions petulant, and never comfortable in interviews. Imagining Prince Charles as King Makes All of Britain Wish They Could Leave Like Scotland|Clive Irving|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is tensely and formally dressed on all occasions, with an encyclopedic memory of beer labels. Meet the Beer Bottle Dictator|Tim Mak|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST On other occasions when he wanted them to keep their distance, he found mere growling to have the desired effect. "Over There" with the Australians|R. Hugh Knyvett First he built a small law office and a couple of bedrooms for use on these occasions. A Round Dozen|Susan Coolidge On other occasions pictures, described with minute attention to details, were presented to the audience in Tableaux-328- Vivants. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds On these occasions the house-dogs are very tyrannical, and the least of them will attack and pursue the stranger. Anecdotes of Dogs|Edward Jesse The duke was present on all occasions, it being a special pleasure to him to witness the sufferings of heretics. The Hansa Towns|Helen Zimmern
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pl n archaic(sometimes singular) needs; necessities personal or business affairs Words nearby occasionsoccasional, occasionalism, occasional licence, occasionally, occasional table, occasions, Occident, occidental, Occidentalism, Occidentalize, occipital Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to occasionsopening, incident, possibility, moment, time, opportunity, ground, purpose, circumstance, basis, affair, episode, experience, scene, thing, milestone, celebration, use, shot, occurrence |