How to Use occur in a Sentence

occur

verb
  • No one was ready for what was about to occur.
  • The disease tends to occur in children under the age of five.
  • There's a chance that a similar event will occur in the future.
  • The event is scheduled to occur at noon tomorrow.
  • The plant occurs naturally throughout South America.
  • The collapse occurred on the third floor of the structure.
    Sophia Vento, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
  • Who must be there for the change to occur, and who shouldn’t be there?
    Laura Vanderkam, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Wildfires also occur around the world and in most of the 50 states.
    Claire Wolters, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2019
  • According to the city, the back-to-school event will occur from 11 a.m. to ...
    Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, ajc, 22 July 2023
  • Each year, the date on which the Lunar New Year occurs varies.
    Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The exchange would occur in phases across the four days of the cease-fire.
    Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The changes that lead to new variants tend to occur in the spike protein.
    Theresa Tamkins, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Craft beer is not the first sphere to have a crisis occur on this plane.
    Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2021
  • Most of the bets occurred in 2022, with some bets coming this year.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • Lunar eclipses occur when the moon is full and in alignment with both the Earth and sun.
    Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Well, the thing that this tragedy shows us is that this can occur anywhere.
    NBC News, 15 May 2022
  • Most of the heavy rain will likely occur tonight, though, Steve said.
    Ayana Archie, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Most of the job cuts will occur over the coming weeks, Benioff said.
    Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • When that slow-moving wind grinds to a halt, a heat dome occurs.
    Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • Woods said the breach in the levee occurred near Pitts Road on the west side of Arkansas 18.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The challenge is that none of the games occur in isolation.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Parks Canada then closed off the area where the bear attack occurred.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • If most of your usage occurs while on the couch, stash the e-cig in your car or your bedroom.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • There’s a lot of power in having the knowledge of what’s just occurred and how to fix it.
    Steve Berkowitz, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2019
  • But her death wasn't the first slaying to occur at the upscale hotel.
    Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018
  • Health effects can occur thousands of miles from the flames.
    Matthew Brown, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
  • Most of that change occurred in the earlier years, the study authors said.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 5 Dec. 2018
  • First of all, heel whip can occur because of a lack of range of motion in the toes or ankles.
    Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 3 Oct. 2022
  • These are things that occur in reality and there's a lot to mine for the show.
    Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 30 June 2021
  • Super moons occur when the moon comes closest to Earth.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021

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