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'occur' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'occur' with 20 example sentences.


occur verb

: come to pass

: come to one's mind; suggest itself

: to be found to exist


  • The accident occurred yesterday morning.
  • A big earthquake occurred in India yesterday.
  • Strange events occurred that night.
  • Didn't it occur to you to shut the windows?
  • "This conversation never occurred." - "What conversation?"
  • They say most airplane accidents occur at landing or takeoff stages.
  • Earthquakes may occur at any moment.
  • A budget deficit will occur because of a revenue shortfall.
  • The last mass lynching in America occurred in 1946.
  • An internal error has occurred.
  • Where were you when the explosion occurred?
  • Venus does not have any naturally occurring satellites.
  • A good idea occurred to me last night.
  • Something just occurred to me.
  • Illness can often occur at a very inconvenient time.
  • It never occurred to me that I might be wrong.
  • The viral outbreak occurred in the northern sector.
  • The Age of Dinosaurs occurred long ago.
  • It never occurred to him that she would get angry.
  • Such a thing occurs frequently.
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