Sentence examples for has occasion from inspiring English sources

"That's impossible!" more than one person has occasion to exclaim.

The Guardian now sadly has occasion to publish the piece; John Amis adds a heartfelt postscript.

Up on his feet, though, he also has occasion to shine as a soloist.

Whenever Andrew has occasion to aver to that award, he always mentions the person he shared it with, i.e., me.

PAUL KRUGMAN has linked to Free Exchange before, so I assume that he sometimes has occasion to read it.

And because my bi-ness seldom has occasion to come up organically, I intermittently bring it up apropos of nothing.

Lately, heated partisanship has occasioned much hand-wringing.

THE fifth anniversary of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy has occasioned one legacy-spinning defense after another.

His rejection of the idea that music communicates feelings has occasioned attacks by later writers.

I profoundly regret the distress that publication has occasioned to sincere followers of Islam.

What's interesting is how little comment, let alone criticism, this roll call has occasioned.