7 sentences with 'occasion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word occasion and other words derived from it.
• « On that occasion, two of Still's sons fell ill with cholera. The doctor could not save them, but he was able to intuit that in the same organism lay the principles of healing. »
• « The Catholic hierarchy also used the occasion to establish the canonical and somewhat "final" version of the Christian Bible itself (it was a matter of determining which books should be included in the Old Testament). »
• « Some aspects of life at Versailles seem comical today: the palace is so large that food was usually cold before it reached the dining room from the kitchens; on one occasion Louis XIV's wine froze en route. »
• « On one occasion, before a trial in which I was to act as defence lawyer, I agreed with the prosecutor to dismiss the case on the grounds of insufficient evidence. »