Sentence examples for occasion once from inspiring English sources

Mr. Abel always liked a good fight -- literally, on occasion: once he was knocked down a flight of stairs by the art critic Clement Greenberg.

So I imagined the titles of the carols sung by News UK's carollers being renamed for the occasion: Once in Royal Rupert's city Hack!

Not only has he won here three times but he has beaten Federer on every occasion, once in a semi-final and twice in the final.

Jacobs said he attended a meeting with BHS management at the request of Chappell and provided advice "on occasion" once the deal was completed.

He asks us to reflect on three young Israelis — Gilad Shalit, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser — who were kidnapped in the summer of 2006 by Hamas and Hezbollah, and "who will celebrate this occasion, once again, in captivity".

Students learned arithmetic by adding 4 + 28 because April 28 is Mr. Hussein's birthday (an occasion once celebrated with cakes and dancing during four-hour-long parties at schools).

Before his statement on Thursday, Matt denied being abused by Jerry Sandusky on a number of occasions once Sandusky was arrested.

By tradition, Mr. Rojas said, you add to your ofrenda on three occasions: once for those who died by accident, once for children and again for adults.

He remembered earlier lonely occasions — once, for example, he had been seated among talkative soccer fans (he has no interest in soccer).

But this was different from all the other times he'd thrown up, because on all those other occasions, once he'd been sick, he felt better.

Despite the late hour, she managed to get the crowd on its feet on several occasions, once tracking down a lob and flicking a winner between her legs.