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Example sentences for: occasion

How can you use “occasion” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

. On yet another occasion I had to write to a colleague by the name of Robert who had had the effrontery to criticize me, and I wanted to do so in a firm but studiedly polite tone.
Paltrow, as displayed in the Enquirer , solved the age-old dilemma of having nothing to wear for that special occasion by deciding to wear nothing at all.
Nowadays, though, news of a freshly minted mental disorder--or, better yet, a new edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders containing many such novelties--tends to be an occasion for merriment.
Yippee: another occasion for bashing the ratings board.
First, I have never had the occasion of seeing a reference book marketed on the strength of the celebrity of its editors.