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
• Estevez-Tapia lived in the Bronx, about two miles from where the crash occurred.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
• At this point in time, more than 96% of all cases and deaths have occurred in the DRC.
  — Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
• 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
• While anyone can have one or two sleepless nights, constant sleep problems can occur due to a wide range of causes.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2024
• The union hasn’t announced any further pickets, with the last one occurring last week, just before talks resumed.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024