Sentence examples for occasion down from inspiring English sources

Maybe it was the tension that dragged the occasion down but there was a good half an hour when the Argentina fans had to make their entertainment, holding up seven fingers to indulge in some malicious pleasure at what had happened to Brazil the previous night.

Though more at home in the city (she was born in an attic on Wimpole Street, London) she spent two years walking through jungle, kayaking, on one nervous occasion, down a river in Laos, or climbing up a Sumatran volcano to get to the ridge to which the tigers, threatened by logging, had retreated.

Pre-election years were the best, soaring 407percentt over all and up on 30 occasions, down on 11.

As the radical US sportswriter Dave Zirin has pointed out on so many occasions down the years, the put-down is associated with silencing athletes – mainly black ones, in the States – who dare to speak out of turn.

Worse, the great seer savored a good smoke, and on occasion chowed down on meat.

Johnson on occasion drove down affordable housing quotas to speed up delivery.

She's hip in her unhipness: towering, endearing, wacky -- barging in and, on occasion, falling down.

As gender relations evolved, the romantic comedy rarely rose to the great screwball occasion, dragged down by antediluvian stereotypes and formulas.

These negotiations have been influenced by Russia and the United States, more accustomed to lead roles but on this occasion lower down the billing.

Honest Lady, who flew to New York from California for the occasion, flew down the homestretch at Aqueduct yesterday to win the $175,000 Distaff Breeders' Cup for her second straight stakes victory this year.

I remember seeing Bernie on more than one occasion, walking down Church street with his characteristically determined and purposeful march, casually chatting with local citizens then parting with a friendly wave of his hand in the air.