How to Use "Occur" with Example Sentences


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Study Vocabulary Words occur (v): to happen

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Used with verbs:

"These things tend to occur at night."
(tend)

Used with nouns:

"The impact occurred around noon."
(impact, crash, disaster)

"The killing occurred at midnight."
(killing, blast, accident, incident)

"When did the attack occur?"
(attack, development, misunderstanding, infection)

"How did the collision occur?"
(collision, damage, death, conflict)

"A miracle has occurred."
(miracle, crisis, crime, complication)

"The event occurred already."
(event, conversation, problem)

"An explosion occurred there."
(explosion, change)

Used with adverbs:

"The change occurred naturally."
(naturally, independently, spontaneously)

"Robberies typically occur in the city."
(typically, normally, usually, rarely, only)

"This mainly occurs at night."
(mainly, frequently, commonly, often)

"It sometimes occurs there."
(sometimes, regularly, repeatedly, generally)

Used with prepositions:

"The crime occurred at midnight."
(at, around)

"The event occurred in January."
(in)


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