have occasion to
Example Sentences
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That law enforcement agencies and the world’s media would one day have occasion to be reading them, and that all his power and wealth would not, in fact, be enough to save him.
From Slate • Nov. 14, 2025
I rarely have occasion to get upset at him.
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022
“How far is too far, in scrubbing away a history so that we won’t remember it wrong – or, indeed, have occasion to remember it at all?” asked Mark Summers, a University of Kentucky professor.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2020
The men would not have occasion to discuss their personal heroics from 2002: Molina was the backup catcher; Callaway and Wise were depth pitchers who did not make the postseason roster.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2020
“How many letters you must have occasion to write in the course of a year! Letters of business, too! How odious I should think them!”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
