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
As an older gentleman, I too have occasion to need a restroom more often than most.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023
I rarely have occasion to get upset at him.
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022
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
I’m not much of an outside cat, so I rarely have occasion to consider the weather, but in Indianapolis we get eight to ten properly beautiful days a year, and this was one of them.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
