How to Use occur in a Sentence

occur

verb
Definition of occurnext
Synonyms for occurnext
  • No one was ready for what was about to occur.
  • The disease tends to occur in children under the age of five.
  • There's a chance that a similar event will occur in the future.
  • The event is scheduled to occur at noon tomorrow.
  • The plant occurs naturally throughout South America.
  • The collapse occurred on the third floor of the structure.
    — Sophia Vento, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
  • Who must be there for the change to occur, and who shouldn’t be there?
    — Laura Vanderkam, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • The changes that lead to new variants tend to occur in the spike protein.
    — Theresa Tamkins, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The exchange would occur in phases across the four days of the cease-fire.
    — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Craft beer is not the first sphere to have a crisis occur on this plane.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • Well, the thing that this tragedy shows us is that this can occur anywhere.
    — NBC News, 15 May 2022
  • The challenge is that none of the games occur in isolation.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Health effects can occur thousands of miles from the flames.
    — Matthew Brown, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • When that slow-moving wind grinds to a halt, a heat dome occurs.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • Lunar eclipses occur when the moon is full and in alignment with both the Earth and sun.
    — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
  • But her death wasn't the first slaying to occur at the upscale hotel.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018
  • This shift can take many forms and occur over a variety of time frames.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Most of that change occurred in the earlier years, the study authors said.
    — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 5 Dec. 2018
  • Most of the job cuts will occur over the coming weeks, Benioff said.
    — Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • These are things that occur in reality and there's a lot to mine for the show.
    — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 30 June 2021
  • No homicides had occurred in the transit system at the same time last year.
    — Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • First of all, heel whip can occur because of a lack of range of motion in the toes or ankles.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 3 Oct. 2022
  • That's when a full moon occurs closest to the autumnal equinox.
    — Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Parks Canada then closed off the area where the bear attack occurred.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • If most of your usage occurs while on the couch, stash the e-cig in your car or your bedroom.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • There’s a lot of power in having the knowledge of what’s just occurred and how to fix it.
    — Steve Berkowitz, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Most of the heavy rain will likely occur tonight, though, Steve said.
    — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2021
  • When a full moon occurs right at perigee, it is known as a supermoon.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Super moons occur when the moon comes closest to Earth.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • The main chances for showers should occur closer to sunset.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023

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