How to Use occur in a Sentence

occur

verb

• 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
• The changes that lead to new variants tend to occur in the spike protein.
  — Theresa Tamkins, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
• Who must be there for the change to occur, and who shouldn’t be there?
  — Laura Vanderkam, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
• Craft beer is not the first sphere to have a crisis occur on this plane.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
• The exchange would occur in phases across the four days of the cease-fire.
  — Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• The challenge is that none of the games occur in isolation.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
• Well, the thing that this tragedy shows us is that this can occur anywhere.
  — NBC News, 15 May 2022
• Health effects can occur thousands of miles from the flames.
  — Matthew Brown, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• Lunar eclipses occur when the moon is full and in alignment with both the Earth and sun.
  — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
• This shift can take many forms and occur over a variety of time frames.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2020
• When that slow-moving wind grinds to a halt, a heat dome occurs.
  — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
• But her death wasn't the first slaying to occur at the upscale hotel.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018
• Most of that change occurred in the earlier years, the study authors said.
  — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 5 Dec. 2018
• No homicides had occurred in the transit system at the same time last year.
  — Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• 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
• Parks Canada then closed off the area where the bear attack occurred.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 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
• 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
• When a full moon occurs right at perigee, it is known as a supermoon.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
• 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
• Most of the heavy rain will likely occur tonight, though, Steve said.
  — Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2021
• 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

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024