Sentence examples for smallest occasion from inspiring English sources

He would kiss the hands of ladies to whom he was introduced, and send flowers for the smallest occasion -- or even no occasion.

The coherence of such a style is not a small occasion.

Every small occasion was a celebration and his parties were larger than life.

Her mother, Rhonda, remembers when Memorial Day was a smaller occasion.

For Mr. Burns, who worked in ticketing for Cantor Fitzgerald, there was no such thing as a small occasion.

This baby shower is a small occasion that's happening at a monumental time in your colleague's life — and a stressful one too.

The crowd, again astonishingly large for a small occasion, booed at the close, yet only in a half-hearted way, as if it were a contractual obligation.

And this is how Özil has been cast by some: a man for the small occasion, the blunt end, those moments where the going gets smooth.

My cousin told me she only really wanted a small occasion for her nearest and dearest and didn't want her husband paying the wedding off for years, as is often the case.

But therein lies at least a hint to the magic in the Springsteen mystery: the muscular rise to the small occasion, taking forceful dominion over your poky circumstance and championing your own responses to what would otherwise seem inevitable.

Back then, before such people concealed their prominence, it was not unusual to dress up even for small occasions such as this one.