How to Use happen in a Sentence

happen

verb

• Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later.
• What happened at school today?
• You never know what's going to happen when they get together.
• And when that happened, that was when the scenes were the best.
  — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• The three cases are the first to happen at the same place.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
• What happened the last time the Bucks played the Pacers?
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• In May, Christie said the fear this could happen again in 2024 would not keep him out of the race.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 June 2023
• Click here to catch up on what is happening on the far side of the world.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
• That wouldn’t have happened in the past on an anti-oil bill.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 13 July 2024
• Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 2 Mar. 2024
• But what happens when both halves wear the proverbial trousers?
  — Grace McCloud, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2023
• When that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory.
  — Ella Sherman, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• But something weird has happened in the decades since Moore stepped down as 007.
  — Alex Pappademas, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
• And there were a few more things that needed to happen in the background in setting up the next arc of the book.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• Because then the same thing happens on the other end, then there’s no call.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
• The crash happened just before 2 p.m. July 29 in the area of De Anza Cove.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
• And a study published this year revealed the same trend is happening in the world's oceans.
  — CBS News, 10 Nov. 2023
• When this happens outdoors with a garden hose, the fix is easy: Replace the hose.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• And honestly, what was the worst thing that could happen?
  — Anthony Chin-Quee, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
• The match-up happened less than a month before Election Day on Nov. 5.
  — Alex Thomas, arkansasonline.com, 8 Oct. 2024
• After all, the attack happened the same year, in the same general area, and at or near a park.
  — Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
• Yet things have happened, an eye for an eye has happened.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• The one about not making my show and what was going to happen in my pilot.
  — Juliana Ukiomogbe, ELLE, 17 May 2023
• What happened next is a jumble to Rooster, lost to the fog of addiction.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• What would happen? Upon driving the said car, the adult would hear a rattling sound.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• These thefts have been happening at all hours of the day or night and some have even happened in plain sight, Barineau said.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2024
• The Iraq war shows what happens when neither side knows either.
  — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• The strike happened right after a series of kind passes.
  — Jp Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
• Right now people are running around trying to figure out from the polls what's going to happen.
  — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024