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This occurred just as Gabrielle Solis was conferring with her new divorce lawyer, and describing in vivid detail her husband’s affair with their maid, who also happened to be their surrogate.

According to Gong Shil… she said that we need to break this thing if any problem occurred.

I want it made clear that this death occurred on the trauma service.

But in the light of these new developments, it occurred to me maybe he had an accomplice.

A prodigious fact has just occurred this morning in the office of the Clerk of the Court of the prison of Jante, at the time when the hangman was about to prepare the murderer Gurn sentenced to death, that is some minutes before key execution.

And then as I concentrated it occurred to me that this was supposed to be an experiment.

This is what I thought and this is what has occurred.

Incidents — never occurred-yet always happening.

«My husband wanted to give away all his possessions, and distribute his assets to the poor, and that brought many conflicts with his brother … until, one night, a complete breakup occurred

The screenplay to this motion picture was inspired by actual events that occurred during a twenty year period in the life of the great mountains.

I am very sorry about the tragedy that occurred last night.

The fight, which had occurred between Russian and Polish officers, would be the spark that, again, would inflame Poland, resigned to endure the yoke of the oppressor

Just then, a commotion occurred in the street.

Something very strange has occurred and only you can explain it.

I’m not merely curious, Mr. Spade, but it occurred to me that the two, shall we say accidents, might have something to do with a certain ornament that I am trying to recover, not for myself but for the rightful owner.

A sorry and unprecedented case of insubordination has occurred

It just occurred to me…

Doctor, has it ever occurred to you that Wells is free to do as he pleases?

It never occurred to us that you could be shell-shocked, wandered away, lost your memory.

Has it occurred to you that he might be right?

Damn the time it occurred to me!

When you came through the door of that house, That was the first thing that occurred to me to think.

«occurred within half an hour after the kidnapping,

Neither did I. It just occurred to me down there in the water.

It just occurred to me, I haven’t had anything to eat since breakfast.

Your family is greatly disturbed over what has occurred.

A terrible mistake has occurred.

«Has it ever occurred to you that death may be simpler than life, «and infinitely more kind?»

It never occurred to you to say «Please, Mister, I’m in trouble.

It suddenly occurred to me I won’t be seeing you anymore.

We have to apologize to listeners… for the delay which has occurred in the broadcast… of the concert from the Albert Hall.

The darkest thoughts occurred to them.

Has it ever occurred to you that there are women in the world about to become mothers?

It occurred to me that on my recommendation she might engage you… as director of the show.

Mosley, something terribly unfortunate has occurred.

Well, you see, certain events occurred which made me feel that the place was not quite suitable for a young person like my wife.

It occurred to me, gentlemen that you might like to know what is to become of you.

1 understand the injury which caused her present condition occurred several years ago,.

A circumstance occurred the night before which should have aroused my suspicions.

Only it occurred to me that the man who laid the air track to Rio when the whole world said it couldn’t be done, and did a lot of other things that nobody else would tackle, well, that man would hardly be the one to wait for a piece of paper

It never occurred to me to go out again into the world, as many novices did.

What you saw tonight actually occurred a few thousand million years ago.

It never occurred to you to consult me, did it?

Therefore, there was between us a certain je ne sais quoi that neither enjoyed separately but occurred only when our wills were joined.

In the last three weeks, two murders have occurred in our city.

Has it never occurred to you that the sale of my books might jump enormously if it were known that I’m fairly young and modern and halfway respectable?

The story of this drama occurred at the year Jingkang of Song Dynasty

I caution everyone, I shall clear this courtroom if there is any demonstration such as occurred yesterday.

SOMETHING MUST HAVE occurred BETWEEN YOU IN THE PAST.

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descriptive for you as the principal events occurred when I was


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Whenever the lawn is under stress, several things have occurred: 1:


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» he trailed off, something had occurred to him


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The crime occurred less than 10 hours ago so it was unusual that things should have been wrapped up so quickly


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Not that such thoughts occurred to Stu as he sauntered


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It occurred to her that with her new brain, as she referred to it, she might be able to track her mother down somehow


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That occurred to me


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It occurred to me that even if I could summon the strength to stand then the act of urinating in complete darkness would probably be a mistake


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It occurred to me as I focused on the grainy film flickering in my head that their faces were already starting to fade


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Not that such thoughts occurred to Stu as he sauntered through those final dusty yards towards the taverna

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had occurred to both Fred and Joe that it may not be as


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Berndt appears for lunch and the three of us pretend that nothing has occurred, spending a pleasant afternoon taking it in turns to play the board game Berndt taught me on the barge … as then, he thrashes both Joris and I mercilessly


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She alone knew what he was feeling; she alone knew what had occurred up above


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It was Queenie, thru Jake, who began to tell Michael what had occurred


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Then some kind of calamity occurred; some catastrophe that engulfed the entire world


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The other women riders, hearing what had occurred, came over and spoke to her relating their own experiences


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Queenie was heard chuckling loudly when this occurred


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It occurred to her there and then that if they couldn’t get to the crawling thing behind her, they would probably take just as much delight in wreaking havoc upon the body of one of the genteel classes


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It occurred to Ted that there might be something in this, as he had spent many years experimenting with grafts, cross-pollinations and rootstocks


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In fact I was shocked because she was so naked and it never occurred to me that underneath those clothes she might be naked but now that I could see, I was almost shocked

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’ That had not occurred to me before, ‘I like that idea


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Nightmares? Dear God! He had them too … it just never occurred to me


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occurred to one of my patients a number of years ago


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One of the most dramatic examples of this occurred


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knows when the trapped emotion occurred, what the


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that had occurred in the lives of women that were


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each other, trying to make sense of what had occurred


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First Matai felt sorry for the young man, he had lost the Queen and Lord Boras was not pleased with his report as to how it occurred


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Finding out when it occurred often helps in


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and see if the trapped emotion occurred before the

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occurred at age 17, it could actually have been at age


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Let’s say an emotional event that occurred a month


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24 years old for when this trapped emotion occurred,


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If you were to ask if this trapped emotion occurred


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occurred, your subject will probably know what event


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emotion occurred can result in a more profound


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occurred during your high school years


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figure out what the situation was, when it occurred,


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Whether or not you actually remember what occurred


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originally occurred to one of his ancestors in the 1700s,

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that actually occurred prior to conception, and I am


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unexpected occurred for a reason


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Something occurred the way it did for a


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” Rayne put her hand on Kai’s arm, “I will speak with him about what has occurred; he will be ready for anything Matai might try


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It occurred to Ted that there might be something in this, as he


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I built a small auxiliary store in the slab that the entanglement instrumentation was in and my soul was using the verons in that store when the entanglement occurred


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She calmed him and explained in detail what had occurred the


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All negative experience you have ever had has occurred because you


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Ava had her alarm set for any news from Tung, no matter what time of the day it occurred


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During the first four months, the phenomena occurred

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“That’s a thought which had occurred to me,” he said


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I knew the misdirected jealousy, and everything that had occurred between us, because I am aware


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‘I wouldn’t say it keeps me awake at night, but, yes, the possibility that we might have problems has occurred to me


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at the hill where the attack had occurred, walked


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It slowly occurred to Tom that, in the entire three hour walk,


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’ She said abruptly as the truth of this statement occurred to her


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The next indicator of the rising tide of ill will toward the Livingsons, which if it had been at all anticipated they did not need to wait long to encounter, occurred on the first evening after the arrival of the Lodges’ inaugural guests


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Grinly was baffled at what had just occurred


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It occurred to Tom that the Watcher he had just seen had been


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Some of those who merely held grudges due to business competitions, now welcomed the celebrity of the little Mercantile and talked about ‘how much better business has been this year with the Livingson folks’ store just down the street and all’ whether a real uptick had occurred or not

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The first of these visits occurred on a rather blustery day towards


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feature, which occurred to Tom rather slowly, was that, although


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Now, it could also have occurred differently


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A different thought then occurred to him


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occurred to him that there was no part of the village which was


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It occurred to Tom that the approach of the dragons had spooked


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During the long, pillow tossing watches of the night, between imagined conversations during which Andy persuaded the Sergeant by sheer dint of his charismatic personality that there had been nothing going on, the unwelcome thought had occurred to Andy that the Sergeant was being exceptionally curious about what Andy had been doing since he left Tracey


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This idea had simply not occurred to Tom but, once it had been


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was looking over some of your work, and it occurred to me that you haven’t


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We have two independent witnesses that this is how it occurred, sir

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It occurred to Tom that there was something magical going on here –


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This aspect has not occurred to him


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“No, you tell me where the incidents occurred


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Chloe, stifled a laugh, it hadn’t occurred to her that they were anything but her new friends, so inured to Harry’s arrival these many years


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thought had occurred to him


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And this occurred in their household as well; tragedy struck


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An interesting example of this occurred almost as soon as Jameson had been moved into the house


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Within a day or two it could not be determined that anything so misfortunate had occurred


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medicine was exchanged, it’s more likely to have occurred


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As he was doing that it occurred to him that they could not see thru these trees

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again and something occurred to me


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It hadn’t occurred to him that his plans would, of necessity, be presented by him personally


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It occurred to her that he wasn’t asking them, with the same tone as Jim


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It must have occurred after we left,’ said


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occurred in the same minute


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have occurred all at once betrays evidence of celestial


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occurred to me at that moment—it might have been a mistake coming here


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As a result of the sale, he possessed unlimited funds; without which, his rise to power in Shattered Rock would not have occurred quite so swiftly and peacefully


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Accordingly, I dug up a piece of ground as well as I could with my wooden spade, and dividing it into two parts, I sowed my grain; but as I was sowing, it casually occurred to my thoughts that I would not sow it all at first, because I did not know when was the proper time for it, so I sowed about two-thirds of the seed, leaving about a handful of each


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English, and the same would have occurred even if we’d

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It was then that the miracle occurred


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There was nothing so VERY remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so VERY much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, `Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!’ (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before see a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge


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As I looked around, it occurred to me that the


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next morning when the miracle occurred


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«Oh no, I was there when it all occurred


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After all that had occurred, entering Compostella was an


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it appears to me some travesty of justice has occurred, or could occur or maybe…


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Cize when the opposite had occurred


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There was a third event which occurred in the course of the same period, and which, though it could not occasion any scarcity of corn, nor, perhaps, any augmentation in the real quantity of silver which was usually paid for it, must necessarily have occasioned some augmetation in the nominal sum


There are many words in the English language that are challenging to spell. Occurred (or is it occured?) is one of them.

The double C in both spellings only adds to the confusion. So should you spell it occured or occurred? And what does the word mean anyway?

Below, we’ll answer these questions and give examples of the word used in a sentence. First, what does it mean?

What does occurred mean? 

Occur is a verb that means to happen, to take place, or to come into existence. It can also mean to present or offer (itself) or to come to mind. The word occurred is simply the past tense or past participle of the word occur.

To give you a better understanding of what the word occurred means, here are some synonyms for occurred

Synonyms of occurred include: 

→ materialize

→ befall

→ transpire

→ arrive

→ appear

→ unfold

→ emerge

Sometimes occurred is the perfect word for your sentence and you shouldn’t use a substitute. Be sure to judge synonyms on a case-by-case basis.

Now that you know the meaning of the word, let’s dig into the different spellings and which one you should use in your writing.

If you’re looking for antonyms of occur, try using one of these words:

Is the correct spelling occured or occurred?

Occurred is derived from Latin occurrere

And it’s one of the most commonly misspelled words in the English dictionary — for good reason!

You’ve probably seen the past tense of occur spelled two different ways: occurred and occured. You may have seen it misspelled as ocurred as well. Do you know which of these spellings is correct and which ones are common misspellings?

It’s okay if you don’t know the answer. Spelling a word correctly gets tricky when double letters are involved. Why? Because it’s difficult to remember which words need a double letter and which words don’t. The Rs in this word tend to stump writers. Do you need a second R or not?

It’s even more difficult when you look at the verb by itself. Occur only has one R in the entire word. Occurred is the past tense of the word occur, so should it also have just one R? How do you know if the word needs to be spelled as occurred with two Rs or occured with one R?

Here’s a neat little trick to help you remember the correct spelling for the past tense of occur: there are two double letters when you spell it the right way. Meaning, there are two Cs in the correct word as well as two Rs. If you only have one double letter, such as in the spelling occured, then you’ve spelled it incorrectly.

Correct: occurred Incorrect: occured

The double consonants in this word happen because of an English grammar rule. This rule states that the final letter needs to be doubled when a word of two or more syllables places stress on the last syllable. In this case, occur fits the grammar rule so you must spell it with two Rs.

Using occurred in a sentence

Here are a few examples of the correct spelling of occurred in a sentence.

  • It occurred to him that if he wants to learn Spanish, he should create a habit to assign a new word of the day every day.  
  • They claim the house is haunted, but I stayed the entire night and nothing out of the ordinary occurred. I think it was all a big joke.
  • Has it ever occurred to you that I am not interested in the same hobbies? I enjoy different activities than you do.
  • The impromptu meeting occurred yesterday after lunch when the students decided to gather on campus.
  • I don’t know if a similar situation has occurred in this class. I’m still new to this school.
  • When it occurred to me that I needed to buy the tickets in advance, it was already too late. The venue sold out weeks ago and I missed out.

You should be able to confidently spell occurred without spell checker software now. Just remember the trick: when spelled correctly, occurred should have two double letters. If you can’t remember the spelling trick, bookmark this guide.

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Definition of Occurred

happened; took place

Examples of Occurred in a sentence

Several earthquakes have occurred near the mountain, causing shaking and a landslide.

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An accident occurred at the corner of 4th street, but no police officers have arrived on the scene yet.

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A change in the weather occurred at noon, with sunshine shifting to rain and then to thunderstorms.

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Occurred used in sentences. The sentences below are ordered by length from shorter and easier to longer and more complex. They use occurred in a sentence, providing visitors a sentence for occurred.

  • But then a hitch occurred. (8)
  • This discussion occurred. (10)
  • What to write to him when nothing occurred! (10)
  • An idea had occurred to Soames. (8)
  • It occurred in Milan, I believe. (10)
  • Another momentary vexation occurred. (4)
  • A circumstance rather unlucky occurred. (4)
  • This was the only comfort that occurred. (4)
  • A new and scaring thought occurred to him. (8)
  • This question had not occurred to Clementina. (9)
  • He was staggered; this had not occurred to him. (8)
  • No great scandal had occurred for several months. (10)
  • A pretty little domestic episode occurred this morning. (10)
  • This occurred as early as the middle of the 18th century. (3)
  • Something occurred, however, to give her a different duty. (4)
  • Once, and once only, the thought of treachery occurred to me. (6)
  • There, before the mirror, it occurred to him that he was thinner. (8)
  • After which he faltered, and something occurred to Mrs Saintsbury. (9)
  • Nothing more unfortunate could have occurred; he spoilt the party. (10)
  • It occurred yesterday, and on no other occasion that I am aware of. (10)
  • It occurred yesterday, and on no other occasion that I am aware of. (22)
  • But it was after lunch that the real disaster to his nerves occurred. (8)
  • He knew her illnesses; they never occurred but for her own convenience. (4)
  • The reasons against such an engagement have occurred to you, I suppose? (8)
  • It was a way of looking at things that had never before occurred to him. (8)
  • Then something occurred from which all that I have to tell you followed. (8)
  • Nothing occurred between them that could justify the hopes of his sister. (4)
  • It occurred to him that they would be characterized as a singular couple. (10)
  • A number of accidents occurred and many narrow escapes from rock and rapid. (19)
  • In the evening a few circumstances occurred which he thought more promising. (4)
  • The thought had already occurred to him when he read his copy of the report. (8)
  • It occurred one day that John Hardshaw was possessed by the spirit of unrest. (1)
  • One of the most terrible of these raids occurred at Deerfield in Massachusetts. (19)
  • The possibility of meeting Mr. Darcy, while viewing the place, instantly occurred. (4)
  • The possibility that neither might be agreeable seems not to have occurred to him. (1)
  • In his relief that the arrested man was not Laurence, this had not occurred to him. (8)
  • Nor was it till the cock crew that one adequate to this final occasion occurred to him. (8)
  • This occurred at midnight, in that half-armoury, half-library, which was his private room. (10)
  • All this occurred before the night-porter, who was going his rounds, could reach the library. (10)
  • Everything occurred according to his predictions, and he was entirely devoid of astonishment. (10)
  • It had never occurred to her, on the present occasion, but as a thing to be carefully avoided. (4)
  • When this occurred, Iberville had ninety men wounded, forty being struck by a single broadside. (19)
  • Moreover, he had been matched against Willoughby: the circumstance had occurred two or three times. (10)
  • As these considerations occurred to her in painful succession, she wept for him, more than for herself. (4)
  • The possibility of some conciliatory message from the general occurred to her as his daughter appeared. (4)
  • Upon such intelligence the general had proceeded; for never had it occurred to him to doubt its authority. (4)
  • The report was true, but certain accidents occurred which prevented carrying out the plan for that season. (19)
  • Like him, she had tried the scheme and rejected it; but such an alternative as this had not occurred to her. (4)
  • Redworth happened to hear of it at his Club, near which the accident occurred, and he called at the hospital. (10)
  • Something wry occurred about his shaven mouth and chin, something scratchy between those long silvery whiskers. (8)
  • I lived through them a thousand times before they occurred, as the wretch who fears death dies multitudinously. (10)
  • Here occurred an opening for one of those acrid pleasantries which console us when there is horrid warfare within. (10)
  • Neither had anything occurred in the intelligence of their Lambton friends that could materially lessen its weight. (4)
  • What further occurred among the three of us there in the gloom of the forest has, I fancy, never been accurately related. (7)
  • After they had built their water-house and laid their pipes, it occurred to them that the place was suitable for junketing. (2)
  • Upon this trust she dared still to remain in his presence, after the company left them, and nothing occurred to disturb it. (4)
  • Once duped themselves, they are the wariest of the dog-burnt; the place is notched where it occurred, and for ever avoided. (10)
  • He might have treated her more generously, it occurred to the architect vaguely, valuing in his own mind the old place as naught. (13)
  • It occurred to Westover, and not for the first time, that the frankest thing in Jeff Durgin was his disposition to use his friends. (9)
  • Such an event had occurred of old, and had given the house on the beach the serious shaking great Neptune in his wrath alone can give. (10)
  • And even when it was settled that Lydia should go with Mrs. Forster, the necessity of opening her eyes to his character never occurred to me. (4)
  • Sir David Kirke commanded a stout little fleet for King Charles, and it occurred to him that it would be very good policy to capture Quebec. (19)
  • Before leaving, she engaged Diana to her annual garden-party of the closing season, and there the meeting with Percy occurred, not unobserved. (10)
  • If anything comic occurred, she smiled slightly, and where others would have wept, and thus distorted their features, she only let her eyelids fall. (5)
  • One day it happened during the progress of an important trial that a sharp shock of earthquake occurred, throwing the whole assembly into confusion. (7)
  • During the period of calm succeeding the paroxysm of fever, an event occurred which threw more mystery than ever around the career of Roderick Barclugh. (18)
  • What occurred during that distressing interview has never transpired; but later events prove that Hardshaw had found means to subdue her will to his own. (1)
  • Something occurred while they were at Hartfield, to make Emma want their advice; and, which was still more lucky, she wanted exactly the advice they gave. (4)

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