How to Use happening in a Sentence

happening

noun
  • Check out all the happenings and book a stay at nemacolin.com.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The quicker that light comes on, the better chance of that happening.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
  • See all the happenings and start plotting a trip at nationalcherryblossomfestival.org.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024
  • His events guide this week is chock-full of happenings to keep you busy.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Why was this happening, and why was the family not a part of this?
    Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Check back for updates on all the sweet suite happenings.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
  • To start off this week knowing the happenings of the fashion world from over the weekend, keep scrolling.
    Essence, 23 Oct. 2023
  • That’s as early in the year as any of us recall such happening.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But sadly, the prospect of that happening is not promising.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • Check the Inn’s Experiences page for the most up-to-date happenings.
    Ariel Okin, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Despite all of this happening, the Cowboys were fortunate to trail, 9-6, at the break.
    Dallas News, 22 Jan. 2023
  • By 2019 the fest had grown into a major happening that sprawled across half a dozen venues plus a stage in Cathedral Square.
    Lawrence Specker | , al, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There were a few events and happenings that caught our attention.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Asco’s final happening took place in spring 1987, after which the group was over for good.
    Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
  • Throughout the Games, Snoop will be on the ground in Pairs to provide audiences with his colorful take on the happenings in the city.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Take a look below at a few fashion happenings this week.
    Essence Fashion Editors, Essence, 9 June 2023
  • Don't miss out:Sangria and spicy Chili Peppers are the tastiest happenings in Phoenix.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
  • Why is this happening and how to navigate the market change?
    Kate Vasylenko, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Thanks to this lunar happening, Libra season will end with quite the bang.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The bestie chat is for planning brunch dates and discussing overall life happenings.
    L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune Well, 15 Aug. 2023
  • And over time the other dramas, the film, the stars, the happenings, the local extras, the gossip, even kidnapping attempts.
    Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Of all the celestial happenings coming up this year, there’s one that might be the most exciting.
    Blake Bakkila, Sunset Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • There are a few planetary happenings to be aware of during this new moon.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Thanasis plans to keep the podcast going and will use the platform to share family news and happenings as well.
    Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But Dillingham, at 33 the youngest head coach at a Power 5 school, wanted to update the media on the latest happenings in the program.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The mad scientist has evolved into the mad disruptor, but why is this happening, and why now?
    WIRED, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The coming days could bring answers to the various questions surrounding the happenings of the past two months.
    Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Coach Oats has been warning us about something like this happening.
    Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 28 Jan. 2023
  • By 1990, the crowd had grown too large for what had become an annual ritual, and the happening was moved to Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
    Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But whether there’s a significant risk of this happening isn’t clear.
    WIRED, 9 Jan. 2023

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