Occurred

Examples

• He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• As events turned out, no such emergency as this occurred. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience. Jane Austen. Emma.
• In connection with the adoption of this lubricating system there occurred another instance of his knowledge of materials and intuitive insight into the nature of things. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It was while I was in the carriage, just as we reached the trainer's house, that the immense significance of the curried mutton occurred to me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I made the first civil excuse that occurred to me for leaving Mr. Gilmore, and returned at once to the house. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Such an imagination has crossed me, I own, Emma; and if it never occurred to you before, you may as well take it into consideration now. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Therefore something had occurred between seven-thirty and nine o'clock which had completely altered her feelings towards him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• About three years afterward, it occurred to me that I had not heard at all from the man who had rented this machinery, so I thought I would go over to Newark and see how things were going. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• It occurred to me several times that we should have got on better, if we had not been quite so genteel. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• A particularly interesting illustration of the results of this art occurred in Austria. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Explosions have occurred, however, in cases where it is extremely doubtful whether gas has been present in dangerous quantity, and attention has been drawn to the possible causes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• All of us have read of what occurred during that interval. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Notwithstanding the lapse of time that had occurred since Mr. Heep's decease, she still wore weeds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The opportunity frequently occurred for me to defend General Buell against what I believed to be most unjust charges. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• That is the true story, gentlemen, of all that occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• While a citizen of Missouri, my first opportunity for casting a vote at a Presidential election occurred. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then occurred a very important scene. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• On September 20th occurred a battle, mainly an artillery encounter, at Valmy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Yet so strong is the appearance of this having occurred that naturalists can hardly avoid employing language having this plain signification. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• It occurred to us, after a while, that if we wanted to get home before daylight betrayed us, we had better be moving. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It occurred to me as inconsistent, that, for any mastering idea, he should have endangered his freedom, and even his life. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It occurred to her, like a miracle, that she might go away into another world. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It would never have occurred to me to suspect the men to whom we owe so much, replied Professor Porter, graciously. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Similar risings had already occurred in Sicily. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In one district several varieties occurred, and of these one alone resembled, to a certain extent, the common Ithomia of the same district. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• In the midst of his activities occurred one of the most extraordinary incidents in history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such a sight having never occurred before, was almost as wonderful as it was welcome. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The morrow, rising on an apparent continuance of the same conditions, revealed nothing of what had occurred between the confronted pair. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• This very thing has occurred more times than I can mention, in Venice. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

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