Sentence examples for having occasion from inspiring English sources

A man having occasion to look up the word "onomatooeia" in Webster's New International Dictionary, learned that it means the "formation of words in imitation of natural sound buzz, hiss, bobwhite".

By Howard Helm Cushman and Harold Ross The New Yorker, May 5, 1934 P. 19 A man having occasion to look up the word "onomatooeia" in Webster's New International Dictionary, learned that it means the "formation of words in imitation of natural sound buzz, hiss, bobwhite".

Comey responded, "I don't remember having occasion like this with either of those presidents".

I have not had occasion to speak to him since.

They've had occasion to learn, over the years.

I've had occasion to test this claim.

American had occasion to use the new software almost immediately.

She also said that she has never had occasion to meet a foreign head of state.

Grousbeck has had occasion to celebrate in the World's Most Famous Arena.

A man had occasion to address a letter to a small Swedish town.

A secretary in a Washington law firm had occasion to dictate a telegram over the telephone.