Occurrences

Examples

• But all these occurrences preceded the final day. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He met Crawley in the lobby, however, where they exchanged a few sentences upon the occurrences of the last fortnight. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• By the way, in view of recent occurrences, perhaps I ought to ask Mrs. Hudson to examine its crop. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I was immediately drawn to make this observation by occurrences that presented themselves to my personal experience. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The problem of the immediate response is complicated by one's having to be on the lookout for future occurrences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• But he certainly was more staggered by these terrible occurrences than he was by names, of howsoever so many syllables. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was torturing to me to hear them talk of occurrences in which I had had no share. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They contained no actual complaint, nor was there any revival of past occurrences, or any communication of present suffering. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I thought of the occurrences of the day. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Nature is the medium of social occurrences. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Mr. Wickham's society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• The atrocity in its full extent no longer exists, but there is enough of it left to give rise to occurrences that make the heart bleed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• At first he did not recur to the past, or indeed to any personal occurrences. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• THE WANDERER We had a very serious conversation in Buckingham Street that night, about the domestic occurrences I have detailed in the last chapter. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• One seldom has the fortune to be present at occurrences at which one would particularly wish to assist. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• These simple everyday occurrences seem to show that the molecules of a gas must be in a state of continual and rapid motion. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It was customary to print the points of the compass at the top of the early single-sheet papers, to indicate that occurrences from all four parts of the world were recorded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I trembled excessively; I could not endure to think of, and far less to allude to the occurrences of the preceding night. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Consequently he does whatever he can to influence the direction present occurrences take. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It would be needless to narrate those disastrous occurrences, for which a parallel might be found in any slighter visitation of our gigantic calamity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The combinations and occurrences of this senseless mode of intercourse were maddening to him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• While these occurrences were in progress, Mrs Lammle made the discovery that Bella had a fascinating influence over her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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