How to Use on occasion in a Sentence

on occasion

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• Norway largely focused on inswingers to the back post, but switched things up on occasion.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
• The name has earned it a spot on the Pure Michigan website as a tourist destination, and bus tours visit on occasion.
  — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 31 July 2026
• This happens on occasion, typically when musicians cut it too close during an encore.
  — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
• The players have stopped counting hip and knee replacements, and over the years, the run has lost participants to injury, retirement and, on occasion, death.
  — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 July 2026
• But both Russia and Ukraine are still attempting to use mechanized assaults with vehicles on occasion.
  — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
• Ordinary concerns like money do intrude on occasion, pitting working-class locals against wealthy tourists, but not to the point that the gang is beholden to anything so mundane as a set work schedule.
  — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
• When maximum occurs in a dark sky, as will be the case this year, this rich stream offers a crescendo in hourly rates averaging more than 50 members per hour, though double this rate has been seen on occasion.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 July 2026
• Few would dispute that on average or even at the median, males may be bigger and more powerful than females, or that in certain contact sports the difference may be telling and on occasion dangerous.
  — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
• Getty Images Most musicians like to promote one song at a time to radio, but the biggest names in the music industry can, on occasion, push multiple tracks.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
• The program now supports up to 50 families at a time, providing everything from school supplies to unpaid tuition to, on occasion, donated cars.
  — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
• Luckily, that meant participating in therapy sessions on occasion and following Carly's meal plan.
  — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 27 July 2026
• That looked unlikely to happen at Chelsea, with him behind Caicedo, Fernandez and on occasion, Reece James in the defensive-midfield queue.
  — Carl Anka, New York Times, 13 July 2026
• That looked unlikely to happen at Chelsea, with him behind Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez and on occasion, Reece James in the defensive-midfield queue.
  — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026
• At 76, the mod trendsetter continues to star in campaigns like a recent one for Burberry’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection and attends London Fashion Week on occasion.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 June 2026