Sentence examples for its occasion from inspiring English sources

First, if I am experiencing an emotion that seems altogether inappropriate to its occasion, I will naturally confabulate an explanation for it.

Every speech in the play seems to take some kind of renunciation as its occasion.

Silko's anger against "men in bulldozers who crush the desert" isn't the subject of this book, but her fury is part of its occasion.

Instead, this article by Nick Faust in the online journal The New Inquiry, though its occasion is a reflection on Andy Warhol, captures the new spirit of criticism.

Its occasion is the publication of a new edition of his letters, of which nearly 900 survive, running to a total of 2,000 pages.

England's Elizabeth is a scholarly, wide-ranging, lively and often witty book that will be read long after this quatercentenary year, which has provided its occasion, has passed.

Philosophers' theories have often aimed to respect, more equally with pleasure's obscurely felt unity, also the diversity manifest in its occasions, by capturing both theoretical generality and specific difference in a principled way.

Extreme heat in New York, as we were reminded last week — the 111th anniversary of Willis Carrier's invention of the air-conditioner — is its own conversation, its own occasion for news and hashtags.

But that simply goes to show that we must bring prejudice to the proper enjoyment of the game – from its greatest occasions to its bleakest.

Cardiff was nothing if not prepared for its big occasion.

"Photography Past/Forward" leans heavily toward the present, edgy moment, especially given its golden occasion.