Until they mentioned it, it had never occurred to you that you might have had one. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

An idea so obvious I can’t believe it’s taken so long for it to occur to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, this possibility didn't occur to medieval musicians for centuries. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him that under any circumstances, ever, he might apply for release. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, it had never occurred to Rufus to break that tradition. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, America's emergence as the dominant world power in the 1940s could never have occurred if the United States had not established stable national institutions at the start that permitted the consolidation of the continent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The first occurs when sperm and eggs are generated for reproduction. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The stories were never verified, but they occurred often enough to arouse deep anger in the minds of people whose sons had died under Grant’s command. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then a more disturbing thought occurred to me. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tone is curious and light, as though she truly does not remember whether or not such a thing occurred. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But naturally occurring uranium also contained U-235, which was much more fissile—highly likely to split after absorbing a neutron of almost any speed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Under the impact of ionizing radiation some rearrangement of atoms could easily occur, changing the nature of the chemicals in a way that is not only unpredictable but beyond control. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that if I kill him, I can finally stop thinking about him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias’s true faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that except for her brother, when they were children, she’d never seen a man naked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The thought of doing something completely different hadn’t even occurred to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Not that she was ready to act on these notions, but there was a slow thaw occurring within her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was the first time it occurred to Rowan that she might not hate him as much as he thought she did. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me I might he mistaken for a prowler, so I walked around the block. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The most displacement occurs wherever the molecules are the most crowded or least crowded. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me, with the force of a revelation, that since Hamlet was now my husband, Gertrude was already my mother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then it occurs to me: The least logical thing to do is stop running. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to her that Deen hadn’t shared everything with her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

However, she could not betray herself completely; there could be no doubt that some kind of revelation occurred. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some similar chemistry must have occurred on a billion other worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that the ring must be her father’s. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to him to buy a new blanket for himself. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that mine and Mary Toy’s punishments never had been equal. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a question that had never occurred to me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A very unusual combination of circumstances has so far saved the runs of the Northwest Miramichi from the destruction that was anticipated — a constellation of happenings that might not occur again in a century. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Manson impact was the biggest thing that has ever occurred on the mainland United States. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And had that, in fact, not occurred during and after the American Revolution, with the “band of brothers” he and Adams had come to symbolize being the obvious beneficiaries of the republican selection process? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me how tall he was, but he seemed to tower over me then, leaning down until our faces were level with each other. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then the possibility of being compared with him occurred to me, and I didn’t want anyone to see him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That particular point, so obvious it was utterly stupid, hadn’t even occurred to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After they assured him that such a thing would never have occurred to them, he hastened back down the steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Calder that there could be hidden information here—after all, codes involved repetition, and the same objects appeared again and again in Vermeer’s work. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He meant for Mrs. McCullough, but as the words left his mouth an idea occurred to him, a way to spin this, and later that evening he would call his contacts at the paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It also occurred to me how lucky I was to have Baba as my father, the sole reason, I believe, Assef had mostly refrained from harassing me too much. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that Brullo might have trained the captain. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You understand, Monsieur,” said Poirot, “that in view of what has occurred I am obliged to put certain questions to all the passengers.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred when the DNA molecules were surrounded by a large amount of water. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Amalgamation occurs instead in either of two ways: by merger under the threat of external force, or by actual conquest. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that the blood was my answer. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, delayed mortality may be more extensive than the immediate kill and, as the Montana biologists discovered, it may go unreported because it occurs after the fishing season. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Most copies will have been thrown away long before it occurred to anyone that the book was worth preserving simply because it was old and rare. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him until now that a hero would sleep on the ground. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

To measure it, Hofstede asked questions like “How frequently, in your experience, does the following problem occur: employees being afraid to express disagreement with their managers?” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I squeezed out from behind the desk and began following her to the door, but then another question occurred to me, one that had been nagging at me for a long time. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But when he caught sight of her below the McCullys’ farm it occurred to him to slow to a walking pace and follow along at fifty yards. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me to say something, but I thought it might be better to wait and see what he came up with next. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that Mr. Benedict and his crew were probably watching him through a telescope right now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cecile looked at us like it didn’t occur to her that we would be hungry and she’d have to do what mothers do: feed their young. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that he had not grown old—she noticed this more clearly than ever. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the time, nobody on Hall’s team, including me, was even aware that the mishap had occurred. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Stanley dug up another shovelful of dirt, it occurred to him that Armpit wasn't the biggest. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that I might have to advise the publisher that I simply couldn’t seem to get through to my subject when the first note of hope occurred. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not reveal that Blackie Thompson had escaped under the bureau’s watch and killed a policeman, or that because of so many false starts in the probe other murders had occurred. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As I worked, it occurred to me that it was awfully dark for that hour of the morning. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t really occurred to her that she’d be rescuing him from someone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Winston heard a succession of shrill cries which appeared to be occurring in the air above his head. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then, clearly, a thought occurred to Magister Spurge...that this must be one of those goblin insults that show budding friendship. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Severe reactions may occasionally occur in sensitive individuals, and medical literature records one death possibly, though not definitely, attributable to fire ant venom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Furious, the officer swore at Alfons and said, “Hasn’t it occurred to you yet that you and I are serving a mass murderer?” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The area is very close to a section of New York where muggings often occur.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, it occurs to me that we don’t have to do anything. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“As an adult, you know these things occur, horrible tragedies,” he says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Hasn’t it occurred to you that an Epsilon embryo must have an Epsilon environment as well as an Epsilon heredity?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But an impact with a large comet, such as Hailey’s Comet, whose nucleus is perhaps twenty kilometers across, should occur only about once every billion years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last it occurred to Mrs. Popper to wonder what on earth the busy bird was up to. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Odd that it should occur on the only day Maxim was from home. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A great change has occurred in the countenance of Neumann Two, as though he looks not at his former companions but into his last hours on earth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Rob announced that the first of these acclimatization sorties would occur on April 13—a one-day round-trip to Camp One, perched on the uppermost brow of the Khumbu Icefall, a vertical half mile above. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

That something magical had occurred in that summer of the world’s fair was beyond doubt, but darkness too had touched the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Whatever had happened, Anansi and his guest had been interrupted, and judging from the mess, a great struggle had occurred. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But then an idea occurred to me and I froze. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“God, Abby, how dense are you? Seriously? I draw a picture where we’re practically on top of each other, and it didn’t occur to you that maybe, just maybe, I might actually like you?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Never occurred to me they weren’t legit. But they should be easy to find. They were in an old green Chevy pickup with an official insignia on the door.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that he was probably thinking he might never see me again, which he probably thought every single morning of his entire weekday life as he left for work, which probably sucked. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The spores of the disease occur in soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that her husband was going out of her life in the same way he himself once had. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it was no use, he could not remember: nothing remained of his childhood except a series of bright-lit tableaux, occurring against no background and mostly unintelligible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Now, however, a wonderful possibility occurred to him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But then it occurred to me that if I were to do so, I might easily intrude upon her private grief. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then what were you and Josh fighting about?” our mother asks, as if the fact that these two boyhood chums fought is the most unbelievable thing that’s occurred. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was only then that it occurred to him that she might not be shrinking from him, but drawing him with her deeper into the gloom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to me that almost certainly once upon a time they had been children, those frogs, before The Grand High Witch had got hold of them. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Interference can also occur for particles, because of the duality introduced by quantum mechanics. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I admit to you that this occurred because of evil in my heart!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It didn't occur to me to interfere, or to question . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor with the media, who needed sensation and since no deaths had occurred would give it only passing mention, like a footnote in a thousand-page book. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The fact that milk comes from cows has probably occurred to them, but they prefer to think of it as recycled grass. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

So it occurs to me she’s talking about later, you know, about after we leave here. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, all the soldiers that were marching were white and it never occurred to me that he would have been in the parade. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps I had. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When a violent crime or a robbery occurs, the criminal activity usually causes harm or violates someone’s rights. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He turned to Betty Bright “The penalty occurred right before the end of regulation.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They occur in the mother’s milk, and probably in the tissues of the unborn child. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

One of the earliest pesticides associated with cancer is arsenic, occurring in sodium arsenite as a weed killer, and in calcium arsenate and various other compounds as insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me to ask that profound question of modern agnosticism: Is God dead? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that this cop was the first visitor I’d ever had in my apartment in all the time I’d lived there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that Longstreet not being a Virginian, he might have given another insult. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to Harry to put Fudge right. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Such an imagination has crossed me, I own, Emma; and if it never occurred to you before, you may as well take it into consideration now.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me to change the subject. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Virgil that the Bull was also out here by himself, but he wasn’t about to point that out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

One common way in which this can occur is for changes in both quantities to be the result of a third factor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that she might have introduced me by that name just to have an opportunity to share where I’m from. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to her that she would not reach Point Hope before her food ran out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to no one to send her to her bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once this had occurred to him, a great many puzzle pieces suddenly fit together. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

According to the telegram, an earth-rattling shock occurred near Princeton at 9:15 p.m. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s also possible that Regina didn’t know who Bobby’s father was if she was having an affair with Nemenyi around the time the Mexican assignation with Gerhardt Fischer occurred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that Atlantis could be the exact opposite of Unity Valley, just like Kristina said it was. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that he might not even come to the dance. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And through Twitter, Facebook, and PIH’s own website, when new health and humanitarian crises occur, such as the January 2010 earthquake and the 2010-2012 cholera outbreak in Haiti, the response can be instantaneous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A classic illustration of how such diseases occur as epidemics is the history of measles on the isolated Atlantic islands called the Faeroes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Palmer that this might be some kind of trick. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When Henry Allen joined the military, it never occurred to him that he would end up serving as a machine gunner in Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My initial calculations suggested that I would do very well with my two jobs—in the long run, that is, and if nothing untoward occurred. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it occurred to him that perhaps Terabithia was like a castle where you came to be knighted. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There is no theory of the universe: events cannot be predicted beyond a certain extent but occur in a random and arbitrary manner. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Variation and natural selection offer cogent explanations of the mechanism by which evolution might occur within a species, but they do not explain the formation of species per se. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Two eggs and a laying hen” and “Push, you cow” were the words that occurred to her, but when Beetle spoke them they did not have the same effect as when the midwife did. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to Hazel that these desperate interruptions seemed to follow any question beginning “Where?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that the texture of her skin would be quite different from what it had once been. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then a thought occurred to him: perhaps the cricket was hungry. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to me that the music was not for me but to impress the Mehtas’ friends. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is no great wonder if, in the long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around five it occurred to her to do something, so she sewed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden it occurred to me what a miracle it was that he could still laugh. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With the backpack-pushing and the assignment-ripping and all the general childishness that occurred between me and Miles, it only took him a month to banish me to work in the concession stand with Theo. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Another thought occurred to her, and she paled. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If that were to occur, the twenty-first game would be Bobby’s last. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I am very greatly rejoiced to find that an occasion has occurred so pleasurable that the people cannot restrain themselves,” he jokes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me, furthermore, that bantering is hardly an unreasonable duty for an employer to expect a professional to perform. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I had crossed the avenue I looked through the glass, seeing him still there, and it occurred to me that he was the same man who had followed me over the roof. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to be mean—honest—but it just never occurred to me that Melody had thoughts in her head.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And just as there is said to be a jump in wife beatings on Super Bowl Sunday, so it was true that suicides in prison often occurred around the holidays. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps she was laughing at me, at my life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had feared that my teacher would leave me, but it had never occurred to me that I would be saying goodbye to my sister. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

T Ihe calamity which cast the world into flame occurred early on an April morning, when all was still black night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The headaches did not bother her as much as the sudden onset of that deep trancelike sleep which still occurred without warning. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I put my hand on the doorknob, it occurred to me that I had not seen Margo’s entire room since I was about ten years old. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to her that she hadn’t heard the motorcycle go chugging by the house for several hours, and she immediately grew suspicious. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A special kind of cell division occurs in the formation of the germ cells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that no one knows I’m here. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When a cave-in threatened, or actually occurred, when delicately measured explosives were being laid down, when a difficult seam was hit.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Is it possible that the roundup, lockdown, and exclusion of black men en masse from the body politic has occurred largely unnoticed? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once, when I saw this alignment about to occur again, I shifted suddenly to the side and caught the servers in the act of waffle-gloving. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke on this birthday morning with the feeling that there was menace in the air around him—that something irrevocable had occurred in him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“And then he recited the Lord’s Prayer. It never occurred to us that there might be a clash between the crucifix and the portrait of Hitler that hung side by side in every schoolroom.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Did that mean the death had occurred there? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Cluny spoke as if nothing had occurred, “You, Abbot mouse, you have until tomorrow evening to give me your answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He started with Chester, to follow the order in which the transgressions had occurred, and called for their bloody backs to be scrubbed out with pepper water afterward. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I never really mourned him, because I thought he was still with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The incident in which she may have saved Smith’s life occurred a year later, when she warned the English that Wahunsenacawh, who had tired of them, was about to attack. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

One occurred while they were drinking beer after an evening talk by the astronomer Tommy Gold on “the perfect cosmological principle.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that she was a little afraid of me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that maybe this is another thing that happens when you stop talking. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But honestly, it didn’t even occur to me that Julia would care that Isabella and I are hanging out without her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, while having a conversation, it would occur to Ifemelu that Aunty Uju had deliberately left behind something of herself, something essential, in a distant and forgotten place. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My father, recuperating slowly and looking worn and weary, sat in his bed propped on pillows, and read the newspaper stories of the horrors that had occurred in those camps. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to me that there were no windows, that it might well be day outside. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He straightened as a thought occurred to him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t occur to me to call a taxi. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I knew about autopsies was what I had seen on reruns of “Quincy,” but somehow it never occurred to me that my information might be inaccurate because it came from a TV show. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s only when the elevator door begins to open that it occurs to me that waiting in the basement with a bag of garbage makes absolutely no sense. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I clicked over to the article about C. diff, scrolling to the part about how most C. diff infections occur in hospitals. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rain of August 10 resulted in such a heavy fish kill throughout the river that few remained to become victims of the next surge of poison into the stream, which occurred on August 15. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This fixed distance between a note and its higher self is something that occurs in nature - we humans didn’t invent it, we just found it to be lurking behind all musical sounds. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Something seemed to occur that was hidden from my own consciousness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will not work in a house in which such things can occur.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Michaelis had seen this too but it hadn't occurred to him that there was any special significance in it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny pictured their loving parents, and wished more than ever that the fire had not occurred. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief seeing him act like himself, and the thought occurs to me that in the space of a couple of hours all my friends have been acting strange. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was at this point that I understood that a tragedy was in the process of occurring. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I would like to stay around for the speaking in tongues, should it occur, but the mosquitoes, worked into a frenzy by all this talk of His blood, are launching a full-scale attack. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a marriageable son belonged to the family where she boarded a proposal was automatic; if there was more than one claimant, vicious fights occurred over her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it also didn’t occur to me that my mom might completely spaz and send my dad home to check on me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

FOR ALL THAT, IT wasn’t until high school graduation that something happened that hadn’t occurred in years: Terryl cried. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This, however, would not release much more energy, so a crisis would occur, as was described in the chapter on black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This typically occurs when animals are isolated from each other by a physical barrier or another permanent form of isolation, ultimately leading to reproductive incompatibility. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed fairly content, and it occurred to me that his odd behavior had left him friendless. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

That hadn’t occurred to me, and I guess he saw it in my face because now he laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the most fascinating control work in European forests employs the forest red ant as an aggressive insect predator — a species which, unfortunately, does not occur in North America. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And so Gaylyn was left wondering whether Reggie was sincerely traumatized by the accident, and therefore couldn’t remember what had happened, or whether there was something more insidious occurring. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He prayed for some monumental disaster to occur, some cataclysm that would shake the planet to its core, so that he would not have to do what he was about to do. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Meadowcroft no archaeologist denies that many human artifacts do occur in many carefully excavated layers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But before I snapped back, a thought occurred to me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hanako started to say she loved him best also, just to make him feel better, but then a thought occurred to her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It now occurred to Harry that he had never actually heard Krum speak before, but he was certainly talking now, and very enthusiastically at that. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you know, Otis Bottom,” he asked, “what historic event in the sciences will occur during this new year of 1969?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All of this activity occurred in the shadow of Stonetown itself, a city that existed for the sake of its port, and which had grown so large and busy because of it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

These things must have occurred, but the only trace they’ve left on me has been a vague horror of birthday parties, not other people’s, my own. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At that time it would never have occurred to me to say, “I don’t feel like it tonight,” which was the plain truth every night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it did not occur to him now to try to escape, to outrun Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The third occurred in 1981, one hundred years after Garfield’s assassination. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But a shift has occurred since I stepped up to take Prim's place, and now it seems I have become someone precious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the course of the conversation it occurred to April that this would be a good time to mention all the things that had been left in the land of Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Kira that Jamison had been her defender, had been the one responsible for her being here at all in this new life. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me I have access to an infinite variety of narcotic drugs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Diabetes mellitus—commonly referred to as diabetes—is a costly, silent killer. This complex but common disease occurs when a cat’s body either doesn’t produce or doesn’t properly use insulin.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to them to run away once they were in America, for they were honorable people and they had signed the contract.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it had never occurred to me that my sister might have lived my life before I did. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Traditionally, it was a time for paying your debts and patching up any quarrels that may have occurred during the year. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight as an idea occurs to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

To make it clear—were you, in any way, involved with the holdup and murder that occurred on the 22nd of December? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

To understand the musical revolution that occurred in around 1400, at the hands of a composer and astrologer named John Dunstaple, we need to play with some notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A strange thought occurred to Cole: the world was beautiful. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t break the vial of deadly poison. Man, I’m glad you said that. Never would have occurred to me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, like that thought never occurred to you when you were coming here,” Dimple said. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Vibrations must occur in something; hence the need for, and lasting devotion to, an ether. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It occurred to all of them, though, that the rumors had been frightening enough to make Mrs. Ross cancel her after-school remedial reading class—which she almost never did—and come home early. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now it sucks to be me—but until now, it never occurred to me that it also sucks to be them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We only did pointe work once a week; in contrast, our technique classes occurred four days a week. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I gaze in shock at the swastika in the atrium, it occurs to me that I’ve never seen one firsthand before. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me now that I had seen her, or a picture of her, somewhere before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I behaved towards both Tommy and Ruth as though nothing special had occurred, and they did much the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to me then that you would not escape, that there were awful men who’d laid plans for you, and I could not stop them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As I sat down on the bus and looked for her through the window, it occurred to me that since I was a little boy, she had always wanted me to go. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands and kisses me on the cheek as if nothing has occurred since our last meeting, the night before the Quarter Quell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

As he now laments, however, “It didn’t even occur to me to grab his radio, too.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

With the success of the Civil Rights Movement and the launching of the Poor People’s Movement, it was apparent to all that a major disruption in the nation’s racial equilibrium had occurred. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But when he’d planted them he had not really known what he was doing, and he had certainly not anticipated the particular consequences that had occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember a significant incident that occurred just a day or two after Bobby and I arrived in New York. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Discrimination learning occurs by rote, and occurs when a teacher teaches the basic building blocks of music—vocabulary and aural and rhythmic patterns. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In pondering how this disaster could have occurred, it is imperative to remember that lucid thought is all but impossible at 29,000 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though there have been many successful colonial rebellions against imperial domination since the American Revolution, none had occurred before. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was neither fair nor democratic for a transfer to occur in such a manner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it occurs to me, oh my God, she’s awkward! Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

This change occurs in living tissues and also in soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Today we have "120 or so" known elements–ninety-two naturally occurring ones plus a couple of dozen that have been created in labs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This quality is possessed by some chemicals of the chlorinated hydrocarbon group and by others of the organophosphorus group, all synthetically produced, as well as by certain naturally occurring substances. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She started to pick herself back up when something occurred to her. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The end occurred mostly in her whispers and his silence—because he couldn't whisper and they didn't want to wake Colin's parents. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This idea must occur to Cato, too, because he turns on the boy and appears to be shouting at him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’d been uncomfortably cold since leaving camp, having underdressed in anticipation of the solar-oven effect that had occurred every other morning when the sun hit the Western Cwm. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Winston stood watching it occurred to him that the old man, who must be eighty at the least, had already been middle-aged when the Revolution hap-pened. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I’ve just interrupted a game watched by half a billion people, a game that accepts millions in sponsor money. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to him that they would be. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many believed that even if Indians died soon after conversion, good could still occur. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A clerk there found a certificate from my christening, when I was a baby, and another from my baptism, which, as with all Mormon children, had occurred when I was eight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It occurs to him that the moment he said he was cool with the whole thing, he cut the brake lines and completely surrendered his power to stop it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I could not remain where I was for long without incurring the risk of an oncoming vehicle coming round that same bend and colliding into my employer's Ford. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

This led to the second and most intriguing agreement—namely, that an interval lasting “a few seconds” occurred between shots. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A borrowed division occurs whenever the basic meter of a piece is interrupted by some beats that sound like they are "borrowed" from a different meter. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Curtain banged through the door to the Institute Control Building, it occurred to Reynie that every door in the Institute must have been designed to be opened in this violent manner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I see the desk and dresser against the far wall, it occurs to me that the loose floorboard could be beneath a heavy piece of furniture I won’t be able to move. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And yet it occurred to Penelope that the children should not be kept indoors too much at first; it might prove a shock to their systems and cause them to catch cold. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It probably occurred to me around this time that the vision people hold of the world to come is but a reflection, with predictable wishful distortions, of the world in which they live. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

So, it occurred to me that I've been spending a lot of time thinking about you and rereading your emails and trying to make you laugh. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that one man could start to play with the faith of fifty million people--with the single-mindedness of a burglar blowing a safe. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to her that the woman who had cooked the dinner was also a top code breaker—and Elizebeth saw no reason to tell her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It occurs to Ashoke that he and his son probably wear the same size shoe. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nesting usually occurred between February and July, but fledglings had been observed in dens as late as October Systematically, Roy scrolled down the search items one by one until he finally hit the jackpot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the seventh month of the trial, the state said it would produce evidence of planned violence that occurred during the Defiance Campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he saw Eleanor today, it hadn't occurred to him, not for at least an hour, to wonder why she was walking down the hall in her gym suit. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Six days after her visit the first fires occurred and destroyed several structures, among them the famous Peristyle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Of course, not all 13 of these wild ancestral species occurred together throughout Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose,” she said, “it never occurred to you to ask me.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand Big Ma and her hair, but it would have never occurred to me to ask her about it, or ask why ours wasn’t exactly like hers. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to Joseph that his uncle might have a family. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And only in a culture of honor would it have occurred to a jury that murder—under those circumstances—was not a crime. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Because it only now occurs to me that the rule might apply to me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The fairest assessment is that the collaboration worked so well because questions of primacy never occurred to Madison. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It does not occur to him that they might supplant them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We had never had bicycles—we had learned to ride on other kids’ bikes—and it had never occurred to me that one day I might actually own one myself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because no other options occur to me, I return to school—a temporary solution at best. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly everything that occurred in the last half hour seemed to lose any importance—if what I think just happened did just happen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was beginning to occur to me to question the logic of the claim itself. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jonathan realized that it was the same ground where the fighting had occurred. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer’s first Pigeon Day had occurred when he was four. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But only because it never occurred to me to ask them, “Say, we wouldn’t happen to be Jewish, would we?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that Dr. King himself might find out what we had done. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It dramatized three situations that, we were told, had actually occurred in the past two years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to Celia that she has never been farther than a hundred yards off the coast of Cuba. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then another thought occurred to her and she turned to speak to Dr. Malone, and saw her open-mouthed, hand to her head. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then an idea occurred to me, and I cleared my throat. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But the strangest thought occurred to me only last: I was breathing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me what a sad thing this was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We took these pictures in case the unthinkable ever occurred,” Grandma said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What had occurred since, calculated to change his and my relative positions? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to me that this could happen. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A particularly poignant loss occurred in the summer of 1701, when the leaders of forty native nations convened in Montreal to negotiate an end to decades of war among themselves and the French. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I must say that never occurred to me," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that this guy must carry pockets full of Finkles wherever he goes. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell made us write a report about what occurred in Oklahoma. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Several days later an event probably unrelated to the Casino Pilar robbery occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The practice was over, and it suddenly occurred to Reynie that he’d never seen Recruiters leaving the gym—which must mean they used the back door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it would occur to me I hadn’t memorized which ghosts were on my team and which were on the other. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather similar, seemingly absurd infinities occur in the other partial theories, but in all these cases the infinities can be canceled out by a process called renormalization. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to Ashima that the next time she will be by herself, she will be traveling, sitting on the plane. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The easy thing to do would be to let the issue drop and raise it again later, especially considering Bailey is not quite sixteen and there is a substantial interim before either option will occur. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Has it ever occurred to you,” he said, “that the best thing for us to do would be simply to walk out of here before it’s too late, and never see each other again?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The idea that if you were mean, you might stay mean forever had never occurred to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them, it occurred to Colin, had ever, technically, worked for money before. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A public whipping's a rare thing in District 12, although occasionally one occurs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it occurred to me that Mommy had been nice to me all week. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think this is the only story we have and that it occurs on all levels of feeling and intelligence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked through the chemicals in my set and picked the ones that would result in the same type of electron balance that occurred in the hydrogen-and-oxygen bond. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Gradually, a specialization process began to occur and music became a regular subject with its own certification, an educational tradition that continues to this day. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One could cite countless examples on this subject, but I shall be satisfied with only the one that occurred during the time of our fathers. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mmm. Too bad. Do you know what happened to her? It’s just occurred to me, you’ll need a section about your own maid.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to Mrs. Frisby until now that a bird, flying freely over miles of countryside, would look down on many gardens. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I have not traveled so very far after all, since I wrote my little play. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It becomes a compulsory act on the one who knows to ensure that this entrusting does not occur. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Supposedly everyone has them—you look out from over a bridge or whatever and it occurs to you out of nowhere that you could just jump. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“No I don’t,” I said, surprised; and, to be honest, the thought hadn’t occurred to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A fight occurred at the party, so we left together in his car.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It never would have occurred to her that she would be working this hard and still have to choose between paying the phone bill and paying for her daughter Ishtar’s prom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me, suddenly, that this may actually be the first time Bram and I have hung out one-on-one, even though he moved here after freshman year. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Later the same year, one of the most famous incidents in Tycho’s life occurred. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

"Optimum darkness occurs at oh-three-hundred hours," he says, looking at the new watch his mom gave him, the kind that tells you what time it is in Tokyo, just in case you're wondering. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that this is the longest time we’ve ever spent alone together in all the years we’ve known each other. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

One method is to examine a map of the geographic distribution of the crop’s or animal’s wild ancestor, and to reason that domestication must have taken place in the area where the wild ancestor occurs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“After all our meetings and negotiations and compromises, I little expected something of this nature to occur! I have half a mind to leave now!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

With a few significant exceptions, what has been occurring for decades, even for a century or more, has not been a dialogue on race, but any number of simultaneous monologues on the subject. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because it occurs to me that I’ve never really asked this. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Has it not occurred to you to just... aim for the giant buildings?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The thought never occurred to me then that later on I would have contact with this apparent curiosity out of the past. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that she could be pregnant, or that she might have been. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But some, those occurring at critical junctures or branch points, may change the pattern of history. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fact: Most suicides occur between the hours of noon and six p.m. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

An orderly at the hospital was in the pay of an undertaker whom he notified as soon as a death occurred. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1886 in the Pall Mall Gazette Stead had warned of the disasters likely to occur if shipping companies continued operating liners with too few lifeboats. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted so badly to fly that it never occurred to him that people might not pay to see him fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that Crenshaw’s return—the night of the kitty bubble bath, as I came to think of it—might be a sign that I was right about my parents. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Hasn’t it occurred to you that that’s exactly how Erastis contributes to the cause? By remaining in the Library, studying the Book?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It is difficult to say exactly in these matters,” said the doctor, “but I think I can say definitely that death occurred between midnight and two in the morning.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would never occur to Finny to say any of these things, but they struck me as so outrageous that I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One other noteworthy event occurred while Galileo was a medical student in Pisa, although the story has been considerably distorted and embellished down the centuries. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

If a murder occurred on Indian territory, then the federal authorities could claim jurisdiction. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In Guth’s original proposal the phase transition was supposed to occur suddenly, rather like the appearance of ice crystals in very cold water. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But she is employing the literary conceits and techniques of a novel. And the meeting you speak of has already occurred—you have been reading it for the past quarter of an hour.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

This occurs from nothing other than from the quality of the times, that either match or do not match their procedures. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In 1963 alone, another fifteen thousand were imprisoned, and one thousand desegregation protests occurred across the region, in more than one hundred cities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hitchhiking occurred to me, but I had no idea which of all the routes out of Boston led to Chicago. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The time has arrived, and I know I need to be standing outside that house at the end of Edgar Street—a house held up by the violence that occurs inside it almost every night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Now, Mr. Pip,” said Mr. Jaggers, “attend, if you please. You have been drawing pretty freely here; your name occurs pretty often in Wemmick’s cash-book; but you are in debt, of course?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

As we make our way to the theater, five blocks away, it occurs to me that Lillian never had any intention of going to the picture with us. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he still did not know her surname or where she lived. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The social and organizational changes occurring at Langley were buoyed by the civil rights forces gathering momentum in the country. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him, too, that for all his arrogance Horace Whaley had been right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The musings of the tlamatinime occurred in intellectual neighborhoods frequented by philosophers from Brussels to Beijing, but the mix was entirely the Mexicans own. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

All of this occurred during the hectic early phases of the TB project in Peru. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Claire that she could check on the rules and answer her own question about whether she could apply for a spouse. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once the possibility had occurred to him at the oasis, the longing returned until it became a constant ache. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The journalist in me wanted details: Where in the prison had the attacks occurred? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first had occurred the previous week, when Cora knocked over the chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As the pleasant countryside flashed by and the wind whistled a tune on the windshield, it suddenly occurred to Milo that he must have been gone for several weeks. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The arguments over Bailey’s future began early and occur frequently, though at this point they often devolve into repetitive phrases and tense silences. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A horrifying thought occurred to Colonel Cathcart: Suppose Colonel Scheisskopf had already bribed all the men in the room to begin moaning, as they had done at the first Avignon mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A startling thought had just occurred to him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Did that occur to you before or after you turned in the test?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The other set consists of plants whose wild ancestors occur in Ethiopia and were probably domesticated there in the highlands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why had the thought never occurred to him before? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Oppression occurred, he saw, when governments and most people simply ignored the poor or, worse, abused them. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The first enigmatic bargain concerned the expansion of slavery into the West and actually occurred in the Confederation Congress that was also meeting in Philadelphia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A human rights nightmare is occurring on our watch. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The capstone of the Jefferson-Madison collaboration occurred at this volatile political moment—namely, their joint authorship of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that she was never going to get that wallpaper to stick right there. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to us to wonder how we would feel, being seen like that, being the spiders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to them, then or at any point until now, to regret the loss of her old name. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mutations occur when DNA is damaged by chemicals or X-rays, or when the DNA replication enzyme makes a spontaneous error in copying genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to him that I could be lying about such a thing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I had seen moths and winged insects pouring from the mouth of the cave, and it occurred to me that some of them must be flying all the way to the back. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly it occurred to me that he might have been angry before he resisted, before he'd even seen the cop. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never occurred to me. Yes, yes, that’s the way,” he added with excitement. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Had he been pondering the question of how to accelerate particles for a long time, or did the concept that was to guide his life’s work occur to him on the spot? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As they near the end of the meal, it occurs to her that she is neither very drunk nor full. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Take me to it," said the gentleman in the hat, and it did not occur to Dunstan to refuse him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was deeply displeased by what had occurred that day; cordiality would not warm, nor tears move him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that rats do that. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

"Never occurred to us. We never thought someone would be on Mars without an MAV." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he turned it occurred to him that the girl had only passed him three minutes ago and that by running he could probably catch up with her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to him: They took band! Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me suddenly that maybe after I do the work, he’ll try to pay me off with one of his other dogs. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must remember to inform labs that have received animal shipments from us to notify the C.D.C. if any unusual animal deaths occur. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was any of this compared to what was occurring in other kingdoms? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After the dried fish were gone, she suffered from gnawing hunger for a day before a new plan occurred to her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I could tell on him, lay him open to derision; I have that choice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each payout is multiplied by the probability of its occurring, and these products are then summed up to give the average or expected payout. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will say anything that occurs to you, but what I can’t understand are the things that do occur to you. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when Stalin, Molotov and a coven of other Party leaders went to the Bolshoi Theatre to see it in December 1935, the same thought occurred to them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I had gone to this school for two years and I had never suspected what kind of man the principal was; it simply had never occurred to me to wonder about him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it occurs to me how casually we’re discussing the cold-blooded murder of the sick. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I have to be honest and record Milton’s thoughts as they occurred to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But from the standpoint of an observer moving with you—perhaps the scooter has a second seat—none of these effects occur. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a cell that is about to divide, changes of the utmost importance occur, first within the nucleus, but eventually involving the entire cell. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Waking up and realizing what you’ve done ...” The room goes quiet, probably as all the Abnegation imagine themselves in the place of the Dauntless soldiers, and that’s when it occurs to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me that he might live with one of his brothers. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was so freaked out it didn’t even occur to me to be embarrassed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it only occurred to me that I’d said that last part out loud when he said— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After writing the letter and sealing the envelope, it occurred to Calder that maybe this was bad advice. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The high point in indigenous Chinese astronomy occurred around 1280, with the work of Kuo Shou-ching, who used an observational baseline of 1,500 years and improved both astronomical instruments and mathematical techniques for computation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason for this occurred to me as the procession moved slowly across the brilliant foyer to the doors; Phineas had thought of me as an extension of himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it never occurred to you that this stalker Bellstone might be worth mentioning to the police in terms of investigating Immie’s disappearance?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It had occurred to me while I was watching the band rehearse. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

This possibility—which now seems so self-evident—didn’t occur to either Mike or me at the time, however. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time it occurred to him that he was eleven years old and that perhaps his great muscles were not quite what they had once been. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Slater wrote Lawrence that the application concerned “your proton merry- go-round ... It never would have occurred to me to patent such a thing but I thought at any rate you would want to know.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But then it occurred to me that my views may not have been shared by either the present or the past inhabitants of Norte Chico. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They circled back, and Scythe Curie let Citra off on a side street just a block from where the gleaning had occurred. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then her eyes widened, as though an idea had just occurred to her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to Ophie that Cook might feel the same kind of simmering terror about making a mistake that plagued Ophie, but why else would a woman like Cook act this way? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Though it occurred to him that he was away from the land of giants, and everything was of regular size here. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The second thing that occurred to me was that I felt hopeful. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

With her mouth half open, it occurred to me that she must already be drunk as I noticed the far-off look in her eyes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me to read the art book any more than it had to read the CDs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then, for the first time, it occurred to me that perhaps he had not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to him that her irritable mood might have a cause. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or it didn’t matter most of the time, Matt thought as a delightful plan occurred to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we are left to sit there, and wait, and pray that nothing unnatural occurs. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

A result is statistically significant if it’s sufficiently unlikely to have occurred by chance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This argument is often buttressed by claims that most citizen complaints about illegal drug activity come from ghetto areas, and that the violence associated with the drug trade occurs in inner cities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

To judge by the archaeological record, this development took place in an astonishingly compressed period; what took the Sumeri- ans six thousand years apparently occurred in Mesoamerica in fewer than a thousand. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A bright spot in his social and physical development at Community Woodward occurred when he was chosen to be on the baseball team, and he began to emerge from his shell. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that if she could get sick, too, no one would blame her for collapsing but, of course, she didn’t catch anything, except irritability from not sleeping properly and worrying. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to me what I had seen in Lynn’s eyes the night before: She was wishing she were that moth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It happens when he shovels phrase after phrase onto the page in the order in which each one occurs to him. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me not to fast, just like it never occurred me to stop training during Ramadan. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But these debates had all occurred behind closed doors and under the strictest code of confidentiality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Zach’s next scene does not go off without a hitch, and what occurs will repeat itself in each successive performance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

With this accomplished, another round of model building could start and, given luck, it might occur by Christmas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For all his work, his records led him to conclude only that Bibi’s attacks occurred more frequently in summer than winter, and that she had suffered approximately twenty-five major attacks in all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then an idea seemed to occur to her. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't until she put back on her street clothes after the ultrasound that it occurred to her something was wrong. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Yet somehow, in New York City, this is exactly what occurred. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An impact of a small cometary fragment with the Earth, as at Tunguska, should occur about once every thousand years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pig bones appeared in Jomon times on offshore islands where pigs do not occur naturally, making one wonder whether Jomon people were starting to experiment with pig domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have not, Your Excellency. I was fully prepared to glean him. It was your own Parliamentarian who stopped me. It never occurred to me that hitting Rowan would grant him immunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s just,” he said, oblivious to the battle that had just occurred, “it’s just that I don’t know anything about you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me to wonder how Bucky’s lawyers were being paid for. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As they headed out of the archive room, a thought occurred to her, and she looked up at Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At first it did not occur to me I was supposed to talk or to pass kindergarten. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it never occurred to him to think anything more of me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Thirdly, mass extinctions akin to the archetypal Australian decimation occurred again and again in the ensuing millennia—whenever people settled another part of the Outer World. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

These occurred sporadically in his personal correspondence with Abigail, who remained ensconced at home in Quincy, Massachusetts,and with old revolutionary comrades like Benjamin Rush. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But myth was the ordinary terrain of his mind, whereas it had never occurred to him that the Godslayer might have a mother. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“If there is an attack,” said Dumbledore, “I give you permission to use any counterjinx or curse that might occur to you. However, I do not think you need worry about being attacked tonight.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Fortunately it came at a time when there was no distraction; for had it occurred whilst we were at a station, we might not have secured the necessary calm and isolation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The lack of an absolute standard of rest meant that one could not determine whether two events that took place at different times occurred in the same position in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was necessary, he said, so that we didn’t panic if it occurred inside a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that maybe he’s not embarrassed about his family. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I was witness to something rare. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it occurs to me that I’m still in plain sight if one of the nurses comes into the lobby. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I thought, She loves me, and it was the first time such a far-fetched idea had occurred to me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to her that Cook might be keeping track of how much uneaten food was brought down. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The spread of writing has occurred by either of two contrasting methods, which find parallels throughout the history of technology and ideas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird, because of all the things I felt guilty about, it never occurred to me to feel guilty about Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As I say, this explanation only occurred to me recently. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that the answer might lie in dust from space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Beyond uranium there are other elements that do not naturally occur on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To modern eyes, the puzzle is not that this should have occurred, but that it should have taken so long for people to lose their inferiority complex. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

This too important to be occurring to me the day before. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Packaged foods in warehouses are subjected to repeated aerosol treatments with DDT, lindane, and other insecticides, which may penetrate the packaging materials and occur in measurable quantities on the contained foods. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After I turn it in, it occurs to me that the rhyme and the rhythm of my poem really, really suck. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

After everything I’ve talked about on these tapes, everything that occurred, I thought about suicide. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Harry laughed: The strange idea that had occurred to him was, after all, ridiculous. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In other words, the singularities produced by gravitational collapse occur only in places, like black holes, where they are decently hidden from outside view by an event horizon. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most significantly, there are many who are still willing to risk whatever medical consequences might occur by refusing to be vaccinated in order to preserve their personal liberty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I was so grateful that she had something to apologize for that it didn’t really occur to me to think about how it had actually made me feel. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

On the other hand the control agencies tend to deny flatly and categorically that such losses have occurred, or that they are of any importance if they have. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And then it occurred to me that only a month before she too had been a member of the secret guard, and had been expelled. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coincidence of a marriage and then a divorce both occurring in cities named Moscow was ironic enough to make headlines in local newspapers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When my fourth-grade teacher made our class write a paper about a typical evening at home, it never occurred to me actually to do so. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dramatic high point of the Civil Rights Movement occurred in 1963. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Forest fires occur frequently in the vicinity and produce charcoal that is regularly swept into caves by wind and streams. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that Shoji was dealing with everything worse than me—I was always the problem. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Great. So, when is this apocalypse set to occur?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It eventually occurred to me that even if I was being homeschooled, I could still see my friends in public school. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, much of that process of linguistic fragmentation occurred within the past 2,500 years and is well documented historically. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In such individuals, the original cause of the defect must have occurred in the generation preceding its appearance. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Of course innocent mistakes occur, but the accumulated insults and indignations caused by racial presumptions are destructive in ways that are hard to measure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me, as I watched them search, that I would be the one to find the treasure they sought. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had read a magazine article about heart transplants—even the doctors couldn’t agree on the exact moment that death occurred. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why this thought has never occurred to me, but it hasn’t. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide and blinking, and it occurred to Emily that Maddie might actually be nervous about losing her bet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to them that anyone might try to steal them and run away from the danger, leaving them all behind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In fact the same dash occurs three times throughout the rhyme: here, here and here.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He endeavored to trap and nourish the impression in order to predict, and perhaps even control, what incident would occur next, but the afflatus melted away unproductively, as he had known beforehand it would. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And it did not occur to me—not even when Dr. Hyde shuffled into the gym, taking tiny, slow steps toward the Colonel and me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then something occurs to me that’s not just a conversation filler, but something important. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I feared Anatole’s anger more than anything. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has it still not occurred to you?” he asked impatiently. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could this not have occurred to me? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The first murder in Odessa occurred late in the nineteenth century when a cowboy rode into a water-drilling camp one afternoon and demanded something to eat from the cook. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, and ingeniously, it occurred to him that he could circumvent the rock shortage by using rocks from beyond Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, after he calmed down a bit, a miraculous idea occurred to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry shouted, and though he had raised his wand no spell occurred to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When the commander sent someone to clear the airfield before an accident occurred, the thing turned out to be a big teddy bear. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The one bright spot in the day had occurred in the afternoon, when Sammy spied a dime on the sidewalk outside of the supermarket where Dicey bought the doughnuts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The true climax occurred after the grounds closed, however. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The delay of arrival at Varna made us individually satisfied that things would not be just as we had expected; we only waited to learn where the change would occur. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Understandably, it never occurred to Atahuallpa that the Spaniards were formidable and would attack him without provocation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We all need to remember that when we drive a car very serious consequences can occur if we are not paying ourfull attention to what we are doing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He kept it for a while, soothing his own nervousness at what had occurred, then let it go and returned to his bed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in his car, I realized, and it had only just occurred to me to look around, to get a sense of where we were, who he was. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now he zoomed around the back of the Horntail, and a possibility occurred to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Melanie that maybe kids dressed differently in Hollywood. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moral, again, is that some unlikely event is likely to occur, whereas it’s much less likely that a particular one will. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Collective was specific that this needs to occur sooner than anticipated.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Singleton asked: “Do you think it’s possible maybe the accident occurred when he was reading your text?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This had occurred due to these latter two persons deciding to marry one another and leave the profession. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d been taught to think about each other, but never about the guardians. The idea the guardians had differences between them, that never occurred to us.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If intelligence developed naturally on earth, it is difficult to see why the same process wouldn’t have occurred elsewhere. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him now how lucky he and Koffi had been. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When societies do adopt a new technology from the society that invented it, the diffusion may occur in many different contexts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The thought occurs to me again: Maybe I can fight the serum. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted very much to sit quietly here, soundless, not moving until this thing occurred, this thing expected all day, this thing that could not occur but might. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to Reynie that perhaps he was expected to speak. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Theory dictated that if the supposed disintegration were occurring within the nucleus’s electric field, the production of protons and neutrons would diminish as the targets got heavier. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It never once occurred to me to be scared. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he might have come across something rather profound, something to take back to England. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Kenton seemed to ponder this for a moment, then said: 'It occurs to me you must be a well-contented man, Mr Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, it occurred to Naomi that a tin like this could have saved her mother. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a bell ringing dimly in the distance and it occurred to me that my shift in the Medica would be starting in an hour. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve been so caught up in thinking about what I’m going through that it didn’t even occur to me that Fina might need a friend right now, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that his master might also have thought of it, but he supposed Gollum had. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Sit there a few minutes and see if any other questions occur to you.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I was standing right next to the defendant,” Danny corrects, “when the incident occurred. The plaintiff did indeed use a derogatory word to speak about the defendant’s brother and myself.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

If cards from each of these decks are turned over one at a time in tandem, what is the probability that at least one exact match will occur? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me to ask him where his mother was. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Every event in history occurred against the background of some climate change. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dwarf seemed on the verge of seizing Gwystyl by his robe and shaking him, but Adaon stepped forward and quickly explained what had occurred at Dark Gate. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But something else occurred to set them back once more. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I explained that we were for a more even distribution of the rewards of certain industries, industries that were already monopolies, and that nationalization might occur in some of those areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing whatsoever occurred to them, so they retired to the library instead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For the first time, it occurred to me that maybe my mothers leaving had nothing whatsoever to do with me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps in his mind finding a Jew to blame for the rash of disappearances on Maxwell Street might be better for his department’s reputation than simply ignoring them. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, in the fifty-four hours and two minutes of thinking time, another possibility occurred to me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to Yolanda that there is a way to make this a treat all the way around. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It is impossible today to reconstruct what actually occurred, because the exact nature of Gunda’s tumor is unrecorded and whether other factors contributed to her recovery is undocumented. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that Franny might wish she could be like me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The footsteps had almost reached the stair when something occurred to him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Once again it occurred to her that there was something she was not remembering, something terribly important to her, to all of them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In roulette, what’s occurred previously has no effect on the probability of future spins of the wheel. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t even occur to the boy to flee. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A horrible thought occurred to me, and I cursed in Ancient Greek. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a word that would never occur to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The incident occurred just after noon at the intersection of Thirteenth Street and Marshall Avenue. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that they were not getting ready for school themselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that if he ate her lunch she would go hungry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When they ceased the bombardments, however, the emissions continued in the same pattern as one would expect from a naturally occurring radioactive isotope. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I was so used to myself doing this that it had not occurred to me that it would be interesting to a stranger. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he had not cried yet—had in fact felt nothing at all. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t send them to you frozen?” the scientist asked, knowing that contamination could have occurred while they thawed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even a year after treatment, a spring die-off of songbirds occurred and much good nesting territory lay silent and unoccupied. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After New Year’s the second big change occurred: my dream, through which I discovered my longing for...a boy; not for a girlfriend, but for a boyfriend. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The problem is that the order in which thoughts occur to the writer is different from the order in which they are easily recovered by a reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Never, never!” she cried with a most open eagerness—“Never, for the twentieth part of a moment, did such an idea occur to me. And how could it possibly come into your head?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to her that anything that Kapugen decided was not absolutely perfect. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most contained something like two hundred times the levels of lead that would normally be expected to occur. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"It will occur at 5:30," he said, looking straight through me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always occurred when he quarreled over principles in which he believed passionately, he would end up gasping furiously for air and blinking back bitter tears of conviction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The next major sequence occurs mainly in the Ohio Valley, hundreds of miles north. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At first, many of us in the class were not too interested in the legends that occurred in medieval times. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed in great detail. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was right next to the plaintiff when this incident occurred,” Danny says, standing next to me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And the idea gets me to thinking, because it’s never occurred to me before, that we might not even really exist. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In my final year at Healdtown, an event occurred that for me was like a comet streaking across the night sky. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, until it occurred to me that she might be as crazy as I was. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The idea hadn’t occurred to him before, but would it be worth it to get stung by the Grievers, go through that horrible process, just to remember something? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me to shove them down his throat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that I can make a vacuum in the laboratory, for example, need not mean that a vacuum can ever occur in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had evidently not occurred to them that she might not believe it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t remember any of this...” she parroted, as though the thought had just occurred to her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I watch him cross to the dressing room, wobbling a little, and that’s when it occurs to me the brown bag is his. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One evening when I was dressing for dinner in this numbed frame of mind, an idea occurred to me, the first with any energy behind it since Finny fell from the tree. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same pattern occurred with all seven of the other traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As though the idea had suddenly occurred to her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of catastrophe had occurred at Hiroshima, but no one knew the details. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I studied his flawless features in the limited light, waiting for my breath to return to normal, until it occurred to me that his expression was murderously angry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As she dropped her hands, it occurred to Lazlo that they bore no gray discoloration. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Otto that the creek might be time frozen. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to him that he dialed SJ before he called his mama. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he asks if she plans to look for a place of her own she says it hasn’t occurred to her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, it occurs to me, I’m getting a tiny glimpse of what it would be like to be black. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that this would’ve become normal for us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the time it did occur to her, around the time she turned ten, Mariam no longer believed this story of her birth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Richard said that he hated the South, and this was perhaps the reason it did not occur to either of them to begin their married life there. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As I grew older, it occurred to me at some point that we had some relatives we had never seen. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t even occur to him to connect me with American disgrace; he thought I was angry at Mother and Adah. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drug trafficking occurs there, but it occurs everywhere else in America as well. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me to eat this unexpected treasure all by myself. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She never asked Tammy and Mr. Hickman for anything—and they'd never had a teenager, so it didn't occur to them that there might be anything she might need. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The formal opening, however, would not occur until May 1, 1893, to give Chicago more time to prepare. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That occasional cross-pollination occurred not only between individuals of the same species, but also between related species to produce interspecific hybrids. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that he was the dearest of them all, though she couldn’t have explained why she felt that way. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heavy water occurs naturally in very small quantities, and it’s perfectly harmless. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The genetic changes induced by domestication have occurred very rapidly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that he shouldn’t be saying we, since nothing that I knew of had been taken away from him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look: To be honest, the thought had not occurred to me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Has it ever occurred to you that it is reversible? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Until now it has not occurred to Gogol that names die over time, that they perish just as people do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted too sensed that something extraordinary had occurred, but the meeting also troubled him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The exception occurred in 1819, prompted by the debate then raging over passage of the Missouri Compromise. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When an unpleasant thought occurred, she shook her head to clear it out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more unnerving, because they are less well understood and capable of occurring anywhere at any time, are the rarer type of shakings known as intraplate quakes. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to Coraline that the crazy old man upstairs actually had a name, she realized. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Betancourt has accused the Dominican government of being involved in the attempt on his life that occurred in the capital city of Caracas, June 24. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me,” I said, shocked. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that they were thinking other thoughts, feeling other feelings, putting their lives together in ways I never dreamed of. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt . . . odd—an uncomfortable feeling, like something supernatural had just occurred. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He found that the more people killed in a war, the less likely it was to occur, and the longer before you could witness it, just as violent storms occur less frequently than cloudbursts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a great many ways, and more all the time, to put numbers on what occurs inside a school. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Palmer that he had a right to questions of his own. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her: maybe the little statue of Mithras wasn’t stuck in the rock. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurs to me that I have no idea whether I’m still a virgin. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That battle had occurred a long day’s ride to the south, along Rosebud Creek. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The transaction did occur, which meant that the officer had agreed to the terms. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Should you fail to do what Capricorn asks, should it occur to you to stumble over the words on purpose, or distort them so the guest Capricorn is expecting does not come, then...” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s had some experimental sex in his lifetime, but it never occurred to him to consider if such a thing existed, much less if Henry was jetting around with it alongside his dental floss. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until after he hung up that it occurred to him he’d miss his economics final. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to me that the delicate shades of feeling, of reaction, are the result of communication, and without such communication they tend to disappear. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If such an impact occurred today it might be mistaken, especially in the panic of the moment, for a nuclear explosion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t it occurred to him that this was the last weekend of term for the teachers too? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At least seven different shades of hair color that did not occur in nature. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephen Sondheim once said, “It never occurs to me to write a song just for the pleasure of writing a song. It has to be an assignment.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I knew nothing about survival at sea. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The book was about, among other things, a massive religious movement—a reawakening of sorts—that occurred simultaneously with the opening of all these microscopic doors that allowed visitors from space to overrun the earth. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that this is exactly what Finch’s closet is—a black hole. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it occurs to me that my own comrades may fire on me as I creep up; they do not know I am coming. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lifting the latch: a sudden thought occurred to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that I could suddenly blink into nothingness like a crashed computer with not even two years used up on my shelf life. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But while the actual event occurred on 24 August, one set of tables was a whole month late in its prediction and even the best was several days in error. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me to be scared. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It felt oddly dispossessing, being handed this first legal proof of my personhood: until that moment, it had never occurred to me that proof was required. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve been staying out of the blame game so far, but as I set down my tray opposite Michael, a thought occurs to me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I could still hear the distant sounds of the carnival, but it occurred to me how isolated we were. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Many deaths occurred in the study streams among autumn spawning fish, including brown trout, brook trout, and whitefish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sarai could guess both what she’d almost said and what had stopped her, because they had occurred to her at the same moment as Sparrow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It had never once occurred to me, I realized, to refuse it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It had never even occurred to me that Zoe could drive. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the less than two decades of their use, the synthetic pesticides have been so thoroughly distributed throughout the animate and inanimate world that they occur virtually everywhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yet the event keeps returning to me in my dreams exactly as I’ve described it, with all the same sights and smells occurring in sequence as I stretched my weight over the water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A textbook example occurred after the eruption in 1980 of Mount St. Helens, in southern Washington State, which inundated more than two hundred square miles with magma, volcanic ash, and mud. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the salt occurred in the sediments on the swamp bottoms. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In addition, similar extinctions occurred when human beings first invaded Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, and the Polynesian Islands. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Roy didn’t understand how a mother could kick her own child out of her life, but he knew such tragic things occurred. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course I knew that certain events must have occurred. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me what the unfamiliar feeling is that’s overtaking me: well-being. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But though it occurred to me to offer the money I had saved to help her continue her lessons, I was never quite able to admit that I had put it away. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurs to me who this must be. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Such dramatic changes in behaviour would occur only if something changed in the chimpanzees’ DNA. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cannot know how many secret meetings and political dinners occurred in New York during the late spring and early summer of 1790. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A significant improvement occurred in his learning curve in 1956, when he was thirteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that there’s one call I want to make. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me how awful that nickname is: Calling your needy little sister something that’s one letter off from a viral infection that causes acute inflammation of the brain? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I decided that my wild and irrational desire was merely a vagrant impulse, and that it would not occur again. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke off as a thought occurred to him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s generally known that you’ve flown only two missions. And that one of those occurred when Aarfy accidentally flew you over enemy territory while navigating you to Naples for a black-market water cooler.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as this murder occurred, the people rose up and killed all the Canneschi. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him there’d be so many people there. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that this was it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One late Friday evening when I was nearing the end of my tenth year an event occurred that precipitated the greatest crisis of my childhood: I was an eyewitness to a murder. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A suitable pause occurred after Hyper left the room, and then he started in. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The question that naturally occurs is "What would it be like if a star exploded nearby?" A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Three hours before, two fans had been struck by lightning, and thirty minutes after that, a bump had occurred near the face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mutations might occur during replication if the enzyme DNA polymerase makes a mistake. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaped up the beach, through the brush line toward his brush house, and it did not occur to him to take one of the canoes of his neighbors. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that he was about to die. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

These same brain changes occur at very early ages for young children who play music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

You don’t have to have a number to express the lack of something, and it didn’t occur to anybody to assign a symbol to the absence of objects. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Somehow it had never occurred to him to look inside the water— only at the surface. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that perhaps he might start his venture from the other end—by persuading some of the does to join him and working out a plan afterward, perhaps with their help. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that Cecile didn’t own a hot comb or curling iron, even though that fact was as big and thick as her unpressed braids. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole pageant seemed like such a lost cause that it didn’t even occur to me to be concerned by the fact that I didn’t have an escort. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Because it had occurred to her that if he recognized the picture, then surely he was who he said he was—Franklin B. Sanborn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we could only juxtapose one eyeball of this sanctified woman and a television tube, both being roughly of the same shape and design, what a phantasmagoria of exploding electrodes would occur. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that my father didn’t hug me as much anymore, and that maybe I was starting to flinch whenever anyone touched me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him until then to think that literature was the best plaything that had ever been invented to make fun of people, as Alvaro demonstrated during one night of revels. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had never been quite able to forget my father, Mr Charles told me, owing to an incident that occurred during that visit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

One example of the use of the weak anthropic principle is to “explain” why the big bang occurred about ten thousand million years ago—it takes about that long for intelligent beings to evolve. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I should check the new address the receptionist gave me earlier. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that all I had to do was turn around and that would be the end of it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Next morning, however, all was the same, no marvel had occurred, no plan or even hope had come. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that he might fail, though he failed regularly at other things. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The jacket he wore was a part of his father’s history, a fragment of Bull’s biography that occurred before Ben’s birth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never even occurred to me to “go out” with anybody. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unaware of what has occurred on the surface, they eventually run out of food and draw lots to decide who they’re going to eat first. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that the Georgia sun was different from the Florida sun. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bob also told me that acts of sabotage in Port Elizabeth and Durban had occurred, both celebrating the U.N. vote and protesting my trial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that a performance piece was something like a play. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then it occurs to me that she hasn’t imagined anything worse than this. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to Dr. Philobosian that the twisted body he stepped over in the street belonged to his younger son. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that it had probably been a lot of years since he’d seen a girl outside of those few who lived on Cairnholm. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Simultaneous Fertilization had occurred in the early morning hours of March 24, 1923, in separate, vertical bedrooms, after a night out at the theater. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to her to find it strange—the part of her that would have found it strange was on the other side of the curtain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was not actually at that moment, but at some time on the following day, that the idea of renting Mr. Charrington’s room had occurred to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Matt that this dove had come from the Virgin and that the feather meant She would watch over him here as She had done in the little house. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me now that the man might just possibly have meant this in a humorous sort of way; that is to say, he intended it as a bantering remark. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed suggestive, however, that DDD produced in dogs a condition very similar to that occurring in man in the presence of Addison’s disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha had been in the forest a long time when the thought occurred to him that his search was useless. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thought occurred to Ifemelu that she did not like charm. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Though Mr. Kapasi had been to the temple countless times, it occurred to him, as he, too, gazed at the topless women, that he had never seen his own wife fully naked. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I passed that tree with only a quick glance, because it didn’t look like anything Alice would pick, and then something occurred to me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, it occurs to me to wonder what made her that way. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that we’d need to hire a lawyer. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A Type I error occurs when a true hypothesis is rejected, and a Type II error occurs when a false hypothesis is accepted. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It did not occur to him,’ writes Tolstoy of Andrei, ‘that he was in love with Miss Rostov.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It finally occurred to Gilly that he really thought she would smack him every time he made a mistake. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Times are simpler when no one hates you because of your name and it doesn’t occur to you to be ashamed of it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The reason is that the more precise divisions of the octave into nineteen steps obeys mathematical ratios that occur in nature. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“How do you think it occurred to him to go out the window?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the spectral seemed suddenly insubstantial, and no sooner did this thought occur than she melted away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Does nothing occur to you?—Do not you recollect?—Harriet Smith.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Virtually nothing of social or academic import occurred at the school without his involvement. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over a thing like that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1973, a quite similar sequence of events occurred with the Mars 6 lander, in that case the failure occurring within one second of touchdown. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of those commitments that occurred because of Bloom’s deep-seated dissatisfaction, which often made him profoundly uncomfortable with a lifestyle that seemed much too inherently selfish. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Osage territory, however, had been allotted, and much of the surface land where the murders had occurred, including the slaying of Anna Brown, was no longer under the tribe’s control. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to her that being a scythe was like being the living dead. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me at this point that I didn’t want to hear this anymore. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was willing to die rather than kill Tobias, but the thought never occurred to me when it came to Will. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Evolution occurred in scientific progress as it happened in nature: a positive trait was passed along, then proliferated; obsolete characteristics withered away, and the technology and the organization evolved into something new. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In performance, there is a great deal of gender bending or borrowing that can occur. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was a good question, but it would never have occurred to her to trouble her mother. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It had been open to her—to all the Richardson children, it occurred to her now—at any moment of the day, no matter what her trouble. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I beg your pardon,” he entreated, following her; “it never occurred to me that it might be repulsive.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

But those possibilities did not occur to me when I needed them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can also use the sum over histories, along with the no boundary proposal, to find which properties of the universe are likely to occur together. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as I settled in, it occurred to me why it must be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A TB epidemic, laced with MDR, had occurred in New York City in the late 1980s, largely targeting prisons, homeless shelters, and public hospitals. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Before he had always known and done whatever occurred to him because he was certain that whatever occurred to him was right. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to her to find out more. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And in both situations, you desperately hope that some miracle will occur to bring you glory, but you’re too scared to attempt to do anything that might actually achieve any recognition. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I confess, it had not occurred to me.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course it occurred to him that he might be wrong, that some misbegotten shadow had fallen across his face and warped his seeing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chakrabarty’s victory opened up the possibility of patenting other living things, including genetically modified animals and cell lines, which didn’t occur naturally outside the body. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Soon it occurred to her that there was no longer any reason to tarry here. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The lines flowed from me as though they had just occurred to my brain and not been penned by Mr. Shakespeare a year earlier. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I suppose not," Theon replied, before it occurred to him that some would call him a stranger as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As I stuffed the Spanish book into my backpack, it occurred to me I’d just seen the fire truck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He neither claimed to know the butler's name, nor anyone who had known him, but he would always insist the event occurred just as he told it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Head injury aside, hanging a left never would have occurred to him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to him that doors wouldn’t just open for a man with a college degree. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What occurs under the public gaze with so much pomp and ceremony is often the conclusion, or mere ratification, of what has taken place over weeks or months within the walls of such houses. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Not nearly as much as human beans. Human beans is crazy for sleeping. Is it ever occurring to you that a human bean who is fifty is spending about twenty years sleeping fast?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not one thing happens that Heimdall does not see, and sometimes he sees events that have yet to occur in the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Nor I...” began Meg, but stopped because it occurred to her that she did want several things and could not have them. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue of the sky was pale and it occurred to me that maybe everybody had fled the city and its heat. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting for her to say “Craig, what you need to do is X” and for the Shift to occur. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I also had a small notepad for ideas concerning my novel, which could occur to me at any moment. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that till now she had probably never seen him in broad daylight in the open. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Hence the elimination of Saturday classes, the shortening of the school day, and the lengthening of vacation—all of which occurred over the course of the nineteenth century. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And the answer to that question—“because it literally has never occurred to me”—was so outrageously dumb that Colin just picked up the phone without another word and dialed 773.555.1212. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment it occurred to Art to explain certain matters to his deputy. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, as happens in my reality, all these things occurred at once: 1. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In 1994 Neel and Wallace sifted through mitochondrial DNA from eighteen widely dispersed Indian groups, looking for mutations that had occurred since their common ancestors left Asia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me until later that dwelling in the realm of the spirits could bring danger, especially to an ugly girl in a time when the rains didn’t come. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to me that there would be frost in the ground in May, but then, I had not been on a mountain before. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that the Brotherhood could force anyone to shake my hand, and that he found satisfaction that it could was both shocking and distasteful. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the next few years I developed new mathematical techniques to remove this and other technical conditions from the theorems that proved that singularities must occur. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fullest and most intellectually interesting debate occurred in Virginia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to me that they might be administered to unwilling persons. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was making it all up, and queer marriage notions did not occur to other people. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that, in a different world, those boys wouldn’t have been too hungry to chase after the car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was particularly interested in medical issues involving advanced aircraft, such as the oxygen deprivation that occurs at high altitudes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Those few species lived in particular places, and those are the places where agricultural revolutions occurred. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly it occurred to me that the open door might have been an accident. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her in that moment that if he wanted to, he could go, at any time. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At 13:30 my ruination occurred, though I didn't realize it at the time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that it was a jarring sound for them, given that we didn’t have neighbors, let alone neighbor dogs, at the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In his opinion, an injury to the brain occurring as early as mine should have no lasting effects on physical mobility. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it occurs so infrequently and involves such a relatively small number of species, considering the huge population of bacteria on the earth, that it has a freakish aspect. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, I feel lucky it doesn’t occur to the other students that I might be from a poor indigenous family. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The results of repeated spraying are clearly seen in other streams of the watershed, where alarming declines in the salmon populations are occurring. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

This was an idea that had literally never occurred to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But let us come to what has occurred just recently. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that the reason my parents had no money was me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought she’d been born to American parents overseas. It had never occurred to me that she was Jordanian.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But all sorts of things had begun to occur to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I wasn’t stopping as much to think of things to write. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam thought about Malachite, Beloved, and Whisper, then hoped desperately that this fear hadn’t occurred to Redemption, not yet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that if a star collapsed to the sort of densities found in the core of atoms, the result would be an unimaginably compacted core. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And as he leaned there, his heart pounding, his paws shaking, a small wonderful something occurred. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The first Adams eruption occurred in June of 1813, followed immediately by a chain reaction of explosions over the ensuing six months. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The first whisper of zero in the Middle East occurred about 600 B.C. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

About eight rows of seats from the front, then, a disturbance occurred. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goal was never to find a murderer—rather, it was to discover how the “cheating” had occurred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to people that without Cathy’s body you couldn’t prove anything even though you thought she was dead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Timberline in the White Mountains occurs as low as 4,800 feet, about half the height in most other ranges, because the weather is so much more severe, and I began to see why. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

These dialogues of the deaf have occurred so often that the participants can almost recite their lines by rote. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A thought occurs to me, and embarrassment flushes my face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The panic occurred outside New York and New Jersey, too. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Because most new prison construction occurs in predominately white, rural areas, these communities benefit from inflated population totals at the expense of the urban, overwhelmingly minority communities from which people in prison frequently come. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you probably won’t ever come around to liking me after our introduction,” he said, “but I am sorry. It didn’t occur to me that you were keeping that information secret.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Sanjeev that he had the house all to himself. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me she didn’t want the expedition side-tracked and was reluctantly siding with me, so I smiled at her, but she didn’t return my look. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the fair had occurred at all, however, was something of a miracle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that the sounds might attract predators, and so she dragged unburned chunks of wood together and rekindled them with the still-hot coals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If certain birds appeared in dreams, this showed a quarrel would occur in the home. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for such a thing to have occurred; and when would it have happened? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As she talked, it occurred to me that Dr. Holden was unusually good at reading stuff. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, I was in the foyer again, receiving a bunk-room assignment and some bedding, both of which, it occurred to me, could have been quickly given out upon our arrival. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the Burr version of what occurred presents some problems of its own, it is more compatible with the agreed-upon timing of the shots. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that maybe Hassan had made up his dream. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had never insisted until one evening when it occurred to him that he knew nothing about her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Y’all can come on in now,” he said, as if it never occurred to him they might not want to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing else interesting or out of the ordinary occurred on their way home. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I shook his hand, and it occurred to me that because he was always eating my dust, the dumb fishcake had never won a real race and probably didn’t know how. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A number of deaths from parathion had occurred in Florida before this regulation was adopted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stay quiet, trying to take as much of it in as I can, but for the first time since the Wardraft, it occurs to me how out of place I am in this championship. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to her until now to wonder how he knew them. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

One thing that occurs to me now is that when the guardians first started giving us proper lectures about sex, they tended to run them together with talk about the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it because the same set of plants occurred in the wild in many areas, were found useful there just as in the Fertile Crescent, and were independently domesticated? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To be sure, it is hidden away in bone and conducts internal affairs in secrecy, but virtually all the business is the direct result of thinking that has already occurred in other minds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nina, has it ever occurred to you that maybe...you weren’t meant to exist?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So, too, a boat capable of sailing into the wind uses natural forces to achieve a result that would not occur in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Except that, it occurs to me, I would care if it were me or my friends. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This is the first time it occurs to me that a couple of lifelong churchgoers might feel pretty weird that their grandson is having a bar mitzvah. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me that you might really want to die.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re lying. You couldn’t have-. . .” His free reddened as a horrible possibility occurred to him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

McCandless, it occurs to me, must have been forced to make the belt after growing so thin that his pants wouldn’t stay up without it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that perhaps he thought I could not face it, that being shy, as he knew only too well, I should find myself unable to cope. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If the earth had been a flat disk, the shadow would have been elongated and elliptical, unless the eclipse always occurred at a time when the sun was directly under the center of the disk. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This causes the uranium to change into an entirely new element, one that doesn’t occur in nature— scientists named it plutonium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d seen her without it and that’s when it finally occurred to me: that Grandma was the only person who might have understood what was happening to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We have relatively abundant gold and uranium on Earth only because many supernova explosions had occurred just before the solar system formed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He himself was rather awestricken by what had occurred,” remembered Gold, “greatly concerned by the terrible destruction which the weapon had wrought.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to C.P. that black children were treated as disdainfully as his kids were, and it puzzled him to hear it now. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For surely, there is no real doubt that is what occurred. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as I turned back to the Mews, a thought occurred to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This occurs long after Lee’s death, when Lee has become the symbol of all that is fine and noble in the Southern cause. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him to try his luck at Ship Channel that evening; the good sets would be taken at Elliot Head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the tremendous growth of Los Angeles occurred at a time when automobiles were finally affordable. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

My only hope is that it will never occur to these German doctors that I might walk through the door of my house right before curfew with a Jew carrying my shopping. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that perhaps he has been drinking. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something occurs to me suddenly, something that makes my blood run cold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I can totally bring you a root beer float, you know. Not sure why that’s only occurring to me now,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

One other important event occurred during Groves’s visit to Berkeley: his first encounter with J. Robert Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In countless cases, whites were actually there to witness the destruction occurring when the germs arrived. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I was in the almost completely dark backyard, it occurred to me that if any of the neighbors happened to be looking out their window, I’d look very much like a thief. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This is going to sound so stupid,” he said, “but it’s only just occurred to me that you must take your scarf off when you get home.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it occurred to me that I made a strange and too obvious picture there—a large Negro, standing in front of a church, absorbed in a pamphlet on racial justice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Flora that her father would make an excellent spy. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The path of vitiligo is impossible to predict and occurs differently in every patient. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That’s when it occurs to me that maybe the rocks are weighing him down so he doesn’t rise into the air... I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to me why it hadn’t worked. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, most of these grisly killings occurred during the height of the boom, when money and madness overran much of the town. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since their activities, no word occurs more frequently than this.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It never had occurred to him that knowing another person would give him someone else to worry about. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew a bunch of the seniors had already qualified, but it never occurred to me that I was in the running. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I may not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the work occurred at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, which in 1958 established the world’s first major archaeological carbon-dating laboratory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I figured she wouldn’t miss the box, or at least if she did, it wouldn’t occur to her to blame me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although they tend to cluster in certain places–notably around the rim of the Pacific–they can occur almost anywhere. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Where they occur, insect control measures that favor a vast increase of snails are likely to be followed by grave consequences. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Like the horse?” said Matt as a terrible thought occurred to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strangely, the idea had not occurred to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That had never occurred to me, to tell you the truth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not been honest from deliberate motives, but being dishonest had simply never occurred to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The curtain of silence is so thick that we cannot even be sure such things occurred—let alone describe them in detail. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t even occur to me to wonder what language we were speaking. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It didn't occur to me until the next morning that the boy might have burned the bread on purpose. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After an interval of some years, however, he used Nagini to kill an old Muggle man, and it might then have occurred to him to turn her into his last Horcrux. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But in general, it just would not have occurred to them that having musical notation mattered. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

As I turned to be on my way, a thought occurred to me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Or, it occurs to me, one of five predetermined ways. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me until then that they might not know one another’s assignments. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that Mr. Bender is much more clever at finding information about Jenna Fox on the Net than I am. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me for the first time that we are not rich. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It has occurred to everyone who has contemplated, even casually, the question of intelligent life in the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the radio, the breathless British voice said it was quite extraordinary that a second coup had occurred only six months after the first. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mutations also occur because of radioactivity or ultraviolet light from the Sun or cosmic rays or chemicals in the environment, all of which can change the nucleotides or tie the nucleic acids up in knots. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll be all right,” I said, though the same thought had occurred to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It should occur on average seven times per year, separated by intervals just slightly longer than that endured by Noah on his putative ark. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought seemed to have occurred to Carlos as well. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to her that the nightly reading was her job now too, with Deen gone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The eighth rule of Camp 14, as Shin was required to memorize it, said: “Should sexual physical contact occur without prior approval, the perpetrators will be shot immediately.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The officer feared a riot might occur and let the driver off with a warning. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to her until that day that she could ever get hurt. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me that attending school on Ludus was something I needed to keep a secret,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I just didn’t realize it until I got online. It just didn’t occur to me,” he said. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guardians of his republic, its elite ruling class, having deciphered the “law of births,” would ensure that only such harmonious “fortunate” unions would occur in the future. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I was looking courteously at the stock, it suddenly occurred to me that I had more than he had. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to Chess that eventually someone was going to start chasing them, and they should probably try harder to hide. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane’s happiness, and so dishonorable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently occurring. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that Heqet might finally come and find him; however, that was precisely what Heqet did. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her they might be some sort of tiny—what did modern people call them?—laptop computers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So many monstrous events were occurring that he was no longer positive which events were monstrous and which were really taking place. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Didn’t it occur to him to mention that our family might have a special interest in it? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It occurs after it has become clear that Brandon has ruined everything—brought shame to his family and school and sullied the reputation of a girl he doesn’t even know. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that ice cores could provide the answer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he had yet to eat his peach and that he should consume it before any more disasters occurred. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As long as somebody’s listening, it doesn’t seem to occur to her to wonder whether they’re interested. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that all these years alone with my mother might change her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, it occurred to me that self-respect had required him to refuse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to depend on newspapers and other people for reports on what was occurring outside of Johannesburg, another prospect I did not relish. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs when an overactive immune system begins attacking the cells that create pigment, or color, in the skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

No. The paradoxical conclusion is that it would be very unlikely for unlikely events not to occur. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that there was a chance we would be driving around so long that Chubs would die. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As he walked off, it occurred to me that in the course of a single night, my mission had become extremely more complicated. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Clearly it had occurred to her that with the green-haired girl unable to take the test, there would be less competition. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The thought never occurred to me that my own appearance was noticed, since my hair was beginning to lose its American identity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The duty of performing an execution, which hadn’t occurred in the county for a decade, fell to the sheriff. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He was becoming drowsy when what seemed like their very last hope occurred to him, and he suddenly sat bolt upright. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to April that Caroline had moved because of her—so she could have a bedroom of her own. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up to that moment it had not occurred to me that bears might prowl in parties. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nigro’s, though admittedly occurring at a formative time in Bobby’s life, lasted just five. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me either that she must have had a key. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The combination of land bridge and ice-free corridor occurred only once in the last twenty thousand years, and lasted for just a few hundred years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The population of Nzara had grown in recent years—the town had experienced, in its own way, the human population explosion that is occurring throughout the equatorial regions of the earth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difficulty is the glottal stop, the constriction of the throat that occurs when someone with a classic Brooklyn accent pronounces "bottle." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that she’s easily the best driver out of all of us. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me, for instance, that I could, or should even want to, live in New York. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The cat rubbed against her knee, and as Meggie's fingers stroked its dirty fur an awful thought suddenly occurred to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Turner that he might be walking into a slaughter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But it had never occurred to me that his absence would mean that there would be no food. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the same instant it occurred to him that he did not know what color the girl’s eyes were. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He had to steady himself against the counter for a second, and when he spoke the words were the first ones that occurred to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very good, Jude. I am glad someone has been paying attention. Now, who would like to tell me when those deaths are most likely to occur?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If this occurred the Gethenians might have an excellent chance of achieving the condition of war. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed very likely, only too likely, although with all my thought about these stairs this exceptional hardness had not occurred to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he might be the same age as his older brother. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that maybe he was afraid I would see the bullet holes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Back home, it occurred to Palmer that since he now could read quite well, he should have another look at the inscription on the golden pigeon statue in the den. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to us that we might be too late, that soon we might be standing alone against the invincible Germans. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Stanley that the lizards were probably on the suitcase when he handed it to Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

That comparison wouldn’t have occurred to him, because home was the place he kept safe for his mother, not the place others kept safe for him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It was our last thick-gauge cable. If another such problem occurs, we will have to braid lower-gauge lines to carry the current. Also, the power output from the reactor is declining." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had occurred to Bigwig that in the narrow run even his dead body would be a considerable obstacle. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

An idea had just occurred to him, a reckless but potentially wonderful idea.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Because they may have something to say about the matter. Has that occurred to you?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that there might be something strange about me, a sophomore, hanging out with a bunch of senior guys all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, all the remainder of Africa’s domestic mammals must have been domesticated elsewhere and introduced as domesticates to Africa, because their wild ancestors occur only in Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred either to him or to Fernanda to think that their correspondence was an exchange of fantasies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to young Mariam to ponder the unfairness of apologizing for the manner of her own birth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it never occurred to her that she or Neewo could sicken. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

His first foray into the past occurred in 1953, while he was visiting his parents in Phoenix, Arizona, during a school break. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Actually Melanie knew that April was showboating, but it occurred to her that it was probably because of homesickness. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me: Now that I might live, I have to be more careful about logging embarrassing moments. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the first recorded zero in the Americas occurred in a Maya carving from 357 a.d., possibly before the Sanskrit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that this could be an even deeper injury than what I had done before. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason it hadn't occurred to me then that she was the potter, but knowing it makes everything even better. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I made my exit, and it was not until after I had done so that it occurred to me I had not actually offered her my condolences. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that maybe the Doctorita makes them feel bad about their lives as homemakers, mournful they don’t have their own careers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you take cream or sugar with your tea?” the woman continued as if nothing unusual had occurred. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it occurs to me that the other two bounty hunters, whoever they are, will probably be watching me at the Wardraft. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a serene and slow-paced place, unlike the busy centers of manufacture and distribution where the daily work of the community occurred. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she was too, of course, a member of Sir Oswald Mosley's 'blackshirts' organization, and the very little contact his lordship ever had with Sir Oswald occurred during those few weeks of that summer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then a worse thought occurred to her: What if these awful people follow us into the other world? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You’d better think about it and tell me any ideas that occur to you. Anyway, I want to go round your sentries now. Come with me, will you?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The immediate area secured, Stanton turned to his second mission, launching the investigation into the crimes that had occurred at Ford’s and at the Seward house. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If such a thing occurred, “it would occasion a most profound reflection about what had gone wrong, not only with THEM, but with US.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I naively assumed that war occurred in far-off places with hard to pronounce names, not in Long Beach. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I realize in that moment that I cannot be afraid of something if there’s no chance it could ever occur. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The damage to store windows had occurred on the march back to the church on Monday, and C.P. figured that was when something would happen this night, too. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But once it did occur to him, it seemed to embolden him, even past the point of caution. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is, I think, a kind of recapitulation that occurs in our individual intellectual developments as well. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m one myself, sir. But certainly a town like this could not occur without divine intervention. The detail. It fills me with such feelings that I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was apparently a mistake, though in the seconds after it occurred I wasn’t quite sure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as he watched him limping and staggering up the slope, it occurred to him that he might actually be wounded in some way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has occurred, yes. Not this year, as yet.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to him that Dana would be picky about his brand of smokes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides that, it occurred to us that the warehouse manager at the Keg Company next door might still have been at work. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This apocalyptic cycle had occurred four times before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was then that it occurred to her that her clumsiness was not the first victory of decrepitude and darkness but a sentence passed by time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It also occurred to me that maybe she was sick, or dead. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Such inappropriate additions, although generally not as obvious as that, occur all the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, many of the Fertile Crescent’s founder crops don’t even occur in the wild outside Southwest Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s never occurred to me that the stars are still up there shining even in the daytime when we can’t see them. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Always he was thinking about the future, about events that would occur two, four, or ten years hence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government of Russia under the Czars could not be bothered to investigate so trivial an event, which, after all, had occurred far away, among the backward Tungus people of Siberia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that Jude does this too, changes who she is depending on who she’s with. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Hugo could hardly fall asleep, and when he did, he dreamed about a terrible accident that occurred in the train station thirty-six years ago, which people still talked about. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And it had never, ever occurred to me that they didn’t blow off their steam and go home that day! Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He was about to turn away and try to retrace his steps when it occurred to him the panels themselves might be important. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was how Nana understood that an inescapable disaster had occurred. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that, just as the Carthaginians hired mercenaries to do their fighting for them, we Americans bring in mercenaries to do our hard and humble work. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was almost at the top of the hill when it occurred to him—a hunch he knew was a truth—that Jack Dandy and the rest of them were gone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that he might not be home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The fact that uranium deposits occurred naturally around the world without disintegrating themselves suggested that extraordinary conditions had to be present. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Moreover, no fighting ever occurs except in the disputed areas round the Equator and the Pole; no invasion of enemy territory is ever undertaken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When I finally woke up, I rubbed my eyes and lay there in silence awhile, trying to convince myself that the events of the previous day had actually occurred. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The irrationals occurred and reoccurred in all sorts of geometrical constructions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Extreme amplification has occurred in Monet, and the sign of it is the black vomit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these escapades had occurred years earlier, in some cases decades earlier, when I was in my twenties and thirties. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that he was really concerned about his own suffering, since the dog had adjusted himself to frailty and old age. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what convinced me that it must have been Josef: it wouldn’t have occurred to him that they might have had reasons of their own for being crazy, apart from men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And walking back to school, it occurred to me that Colin might not like me at all. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Contrary to Rousseau, such amalgamations never occur by a process of unthreatened little societies freely deciding to merge, in order to promote the happiness of their citizens. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You are too injured to be of much use to me, so your execution will occur at the conclusion of this meeting.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Cole discovered that high tide occurred midday and began flowing out of the bay within an hour. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me that you might actually drown. That wouldn’t have been a good thing for anyone.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me then that the Commandant’s office door is probably still open, her papers strewn about, visible to anyone with the courage to look. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me I wouldn’t have the chance. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to them that their favorite food might not sustain the creature. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that she might be sad, but I didn’t think about it too much because the flashing colors were call- ing to me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me in this moment: I am the only one who will ever see scars. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Lina that this might be what her grandmother had been talking about for so long. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As his thoughts began to swirl, it occurred to him that he might never awaken again. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

These invasions, both the naturally occurring and those dependent on human assistance, are likely to continue indefinitely. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the map, the division line between slave and non-slave societies occurs in Virginia, broadly anticipating the Mason-Dixon line that later split slave states from free. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him for the first time that Grog, who was supposed to be in California, hadn’t made an appearance out there in a good long time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something occurred inside of him then, something mysterious and definitive that uprooted him from his own time and carried him adrift through an unexplored region of his memory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Note: Two of last four episodes occurred near mirrors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of all that had happened, trying to make sense of what had occurred, of how I had become a wolf’s head. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the bombing occurred, Hale had been in Texas, and he now saw the charred detritus of the house, which resembled a wreckage of war—“a horrible monument,” as one investigator called it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All of these flashes of future miseries occurred to William in the time it took him to turn his head to see what Jeanne was doing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It had even occurred to her that the police might be summoned and criminal charges filed, after which she would have to bravely defend herself in front of a stern, white-wigged judge. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me there wouldn’t be spaghetti here. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"I guess it never occurred to me that I could leave." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that this is probably where Edith Graham watched TV and movies. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to Rowan that Volta wasn’t all that much older than him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was on a roll and was about to say something else; but then, quite suddenly, he stopped, his face souring as if something unpleasant had occurred to him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s occurred to me. But that’s not enough. Not for me.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I reached for the gun in reflex, nearly drawing it before it occurred to me that Grigori was not one meter tall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, they’re born liars. 9TH JUROR: It suddenly occurs to me that you must be an ignorant man. 10TH JUROR: What do you mean? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to me that he might really be doing just that—killing the only person who might be able to help me find Kevin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it occurred to me: this had happened to her before. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred in the physical realm, that much was true. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The tantrums, the afternoons she spent locked in her room with the drapes shut, her severe manner with the children occurred less frequently. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me she wouldn’t keep her promise and take that train. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This occurred at a time when Mandela and Tambo was flourishing and I was in court dozens of times a week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me, too, that she left blank the line in her questionnaire where the student’s age was to be filled in. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If I were to hold a candle underneath our esteemed teacher’s foot, very little would occur. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, look. Why not a type of order. What type of order requires the most initiative? What type of order would occur almost always only in an emergency?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He did not see how he could possibly explain to Hermione that what she had done to offend Ron was kiss Viktor Krum, not when the offense had occurred so long ago. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As he approached it occurred to him that it might be preferable for his letter to precede him into the house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to me: how long had I been here? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The incident probably did occur, but with a different choreography. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Their decisive naval encounter, with the Emperor on board ship, occurred at Danno-ura in the Japanese Inland Sea on April 24, 1185. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later it occurred to him to look through the window. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead what occurred to him were ways of telling people off. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Zlata’s book sheds light on the problems occurring in Bosnia, it wasn’t until she left that she realized the magnitude of this war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Hasn’t it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She turned suddenly and ran away as if something had suddenly occurred to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

To run for life, to get out of the house before it was too late—no such thought occurred to them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

His feelings immediately swerved, for that possibility had not occurred to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Indians would follow his example, the peaceful coexistence of Indians and whites could follow naturally, and their gradual merger into a single American people would occur within the arc of the next century. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Still she didn’t gain weight and, most upsetting of all, her menstruation didn’t occur at the expected time. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only after weeks of vain effort did the right idea occur to somebody—namely, to utilise the force of gravity. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It had only occurred to me a couple of years ago, when a friend of Navid’s had come over for dinner, that not everyone cared about food like this. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fission occurred even faster than expected in plutonium, causing a chain reaction to begin more quickly than in uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Clarisse’s tenderness—it had never even occurred to me that she might like someone; but the way she said Chris’s name ... The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen myself in so long that this had not occurred to me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never occurred to me not to like it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought me clean rags and explained how generation occurs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Everyone was subdued by what had occurred, but by afternoon the work of the harvest raised our spirits. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do a whole bunch of jobs that other kids, other places, get paid to do, but it wouldn’t ever occur to me to ask for pay. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

These seem to occur about sixteen times a month and to be roughly uniformly distributed in direction across the sky. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no credible scientific evidence that a crime had occurred, the State introduced inflammatory evidence that Marsha was poor, a prior drug user, and obviously a bad mother for not seeking prenatal care. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If the descent of species occurred as Darwin suggested, he reasoned, then the implication for human evolution was obvious. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him to wonder how, with so little rainfall, they were still alive. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Has it even occurred to her that that isn’t the truth? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have occurred to him; as he said, never in a million years.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that she hadn’t told him where we were. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After death, the cadaver suddenly deteriorates: the internal organs, having been dead or partially dead for days, have already begun to dissolve, and a sort of shock-related meltdown occurs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it had never in his darkest moments occurred to him that she’d be handed over to that monster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It finally occurred to me that I was very hungry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I thought to myself, well, either the chap's been lying his head off, or - then it occurred to me, there's one simple explanation.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been so wrapped up in my own self, it hasn’t occurred to me that Aibileen might be as thrilled as I am that an editor in New York is going to read her story. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was stunned that this possibility hadn’t occurred to me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s such a big deal at my house, it never occurred to me that not everybody was on the edge of their seats waiting to see what that jury was going to do. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Were you at any time acquainted with a family of the name of Armstrong—a family in which a tragedy occurred?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was sleek and simple in design and far too specific to occur by coincidence in two people’s dreams, no matter that they lay side by side, touching. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What called out to him from Guernica was both the terrible tragedy of what had occurred and the enormous power of art to explain and ultimately defeat man’s most evil impulses. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Breakfast at the Whim could occur much later than if I went to hall. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I am sure it never occurred to them that I might want a job, too—all my tales of Californian richesse had hit the mark harder than I’d thought. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rufus looked surprised—as though it had never occurred to him that there might be anything special about the undersized runny-nosed child. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice is tiny and hollow, and it occurs to me that she’s probably going to cry. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It didn’t really occur to me that he would carry out his commitment so literally. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This occurred just after I took a turning and found myself on a road curving around the edge of a hill. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had spent a lot of time imagining what New York would be like, but the one thing that had never occurred to me was that the opportunities would come so easily. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The apparent turning point in their fortunes occurred when they somehow made enemies of another group, the Chanka, who eventually attacked them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that one of them was mad. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The greatest loss of life at the dam occurred soon after full-scale construction began. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Leukemia may occur as a two-step process, the malignant change being initiated by X-radiation, the promoting action being supplied by a chemical, as, for example, urethane. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Both laughing, chewing, as if it never occurred to them someone medium would show up. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to me: Mr. Loomis had not indicated the slightest interest in any such idea. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My satisfaction damped itself when it occurred to me how foolish all of this was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that the bug-out would be a nonstarter. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Far worse was to occur, and soon, but as of February 14, 1890, the day of the great fair vote, the partners seemed destined for a lifetime of success. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The door shuts, which is when, with a slight quiver of recognition, as if he’d known it all along, the perfect pet name for his son occurs to Ashoke. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the wake of Columbus’s discovery of America a silent revolution occurred, the invention of what we now call ‘the terraqueous globe’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, certain visual symbols and responses occur so regularly over time and place that they can be regarded as virtually universal. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it never occurred to me to learn how!” she said. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if nothing had occurred between them, except that he never came over to her loom to pat and encourage her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It had never even occurred to me that the inscription was from the author. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, we find two sets of African crops whose wild ancestors occur just south of the Sahara, and which are adapted to summer rains and less seasonal variation in day length. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If only the word would occur to him! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then how can you think of quitting the program? Has it occurred to you that this program might be important to Wootie Hayes? Maybe you should think about it from her point of view.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me with rising concern that a blow-in can also blow away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to him that I would one day try to shape my life around climbing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn't even occurred to me, but she was right I had turned sixteen this morning—the same morning I’d made the choice to give Luke the knife. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that somewhere between the time we had left Peshawar for Afghanistan and now, we had become friends. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the Japanese did replace the Ainu over Japan south of Hokkaido, that replacement must have occurred before A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that I had been through an operation. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to her that Ammu would later invite shame upon herself—that she would go to the police and try and set the record straight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rather modern-looking human skulls from Africa around 100,000 years ago have been taken to support the former view, with the leap occurring specifically in Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Death occurs within a Few hours from anoxia, or lack of oxygen. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I have heard him lamenting her having no instrument repeatedly; oftener than I should suppose such a circumstance would, in the common course of things, occur to him.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Millwrights had learnt by trial and error what worked and what did not, but rapid advance required systematic experimentation, and this only occurred after the experimental method had been elevated to a new intellectual status. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Lawrence replied that “it never occurred to me to patent the work we are doing either, and I am doing so only at the urgent request of the Research Corporation and the Chemical Foundation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Similar ecological disasters occurred on almost every one of the thousands of islands that pepper the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, once she finally did turn twelve, Luna noticed that several changes had begun to occur—not all of them pleasant. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The state had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the crime the defendant had been charged with had in fact occurred. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Has it occurred to you that I have gone to great effort and expense, as well as personal sacrifice, to reach this point,” the man in black replied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, first, we shall be able to observe clearly the Transit, which shall not occur again in our lifetimes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a time, it occurs to me that I have the rest of my clothes. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

An "epiphanic moment” occurred when he read that Cook and Borah had "uncovered” the existence of eight million people in Hispaniola. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her ambitious heart almost stopped beating as this notion occurred to her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that Joan, hearing where I was, had engaged a room at the asylum on pretense, simply as a joke. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His first clue that the charrette was going to be something entirely different from the meetings he had been attending for years occurred during the third gathering of the steering committee. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone here can read, but Holly has sometimes asked me how to spell words like carry and weighed that she needs to report any “incidents” that occur. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt stupid now, but it had never once occurred to her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We shall see that although the uncertainty principle places limitations on the accuracy of all our predictions, it may at the same time remove the fundamental unpredictability that occurs at a space-time singularity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though, on other occasions, for example, when I would hear my mother busily speaking to women, it would occur to me that my attachment to words made me like her. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similar case occurred in 1939 when a group of engineers calling themselves the British Interplanetary Society designed a ship to take people to the Moon—using 1939 technology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prospect of taking a whipping himself had never occurred to him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She began to think of Emeline’s departure as a disappearance and recalled that soon after Emeline’s last visit a curious change in routine had occurred within Holmes’s building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Novae occur only in binary systems and are powered by hydrogen fusion; supernovae occur in single stars and are powered by silicon fusion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Might they somehow have an inkling of the long evolutionary progression from genes to brains to libraries that has occurred on the obscure planet Earth? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, it did not occur to him others might be just as shy as himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As General Gage’s, his maneuver occurred in the night, in darkest secrecy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He never would have figured it out, certainly; it was the sort of thing that occurred to smart guys. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to him that there would be a place underground where he would be exposed on three sides. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the solution finally occurred to me, more than an hour had gone by.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

What Dr. Mann will suggest much later—that maybe she was trying to say what she needed to say without saying what she needed to say—doesn’t occur to her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But it turns out that ancestral wild chickpeas occur only in southeastern Turkey. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In summertime this event occurred around sunrise; in the winter, of course, it happened well before dawn. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you wait for textbook conditions, they will never occur. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so flustered that it never even occurred to me to lie when Nurse Myerson asked what happened. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Oliver had not been well for a long time, but the stroke that killed him occurred suddenly and without warning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has never occurred to me that there are kids like me in Germany and China and France who need a machine to help them talk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It is a fairly fresh grease spot. You notice where it occurs?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

No: This occurred before it became fashionable to repair your mistakes by turning your back on them and running. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chance provides more than enough variation to account for the sprinkling of successes that will occur with almost any treatment; indeed, it would be a miracle if there weren’t any “miracle cures.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to them to go around to the side of the building and point their video camera toward a window. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a journal entry oj what occurred at La 40 on Monday, April 11th, 1960, to me, a female political prisoner. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the very peculiar thing, in its own turn, caused a really fantastically peculiar thing to occur. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As Chas began dealing the cards out, all these things kind of occurred to me at once: 1. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me today that I’m not as far along as I thought. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Because fathers don’t contribute mitochondrial DNA to the embryo, the succession occurs only through the female line. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I heard what sounded like a buzzer going off somewhere far away, and suddenly it occurred to me what was happening. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He turned to go, then another question occurred to him, and he turned back again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that never occurred to me before,” I deadpanned. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that he may not be alive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never realized he was warning me about cameras—it just never occurred to me before. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At the time it never occurred to any of us that we were doing anything wrong—if copying CDs is wrong, why would they make CD writers? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The idea to change his name had first occurred to him a few months ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would never have occurred to me before that night that I could hurt Estraven. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Art Moran had lain awake the night before fretting about his role in this trial and remembering the sequence of events with his eyes shut, as if they were occurring in a dream. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In one of the lessons I watched, the word drain occurred in a chunk of text. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the many vividly depicted ceremonies in Mexica art and writing leave little doubt that it occurred—and on a large scale. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He settles down again with his lyrics on the bed when something occurs to him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the first hint that radio time isn’t moving at the same speed as reality, the announcer says that the Chicago observation occurred at 7:40 p.m., Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The executive branch of the government—Vice President Johnson and the cabinet—had survived the night; no other assassinations had occurred. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking on the floor of the Senate, he declared the Boston Police Strike was “one of the most dastardly acts of infamy that has ever occurred in this country since the act of Benedict Arnold.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In a different corner of the Galaxy, a different sequence of events should have occurred and a different ratio of magnesium isotopes should prevail. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that Caroline ought to know that you didn’t pick your friends just because they were handy—or even lonely. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me that others in my family also noticed I spent time with Granddaddy until Jim Bowie said, “How come you play with Granddaddy more than you play with me, Callie?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I never lost hope that this great transformation would occur. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that this was the first manifestation of a loss of memory, because the object had a difficult name to remember. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“How is it possible?” cried Emma, turning her glowing cheeks towards him; for, while she spoke, it occurred to her that he might have called at Mrs. Goddard’s in his way. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

If Good Boys and True was judged worthy, the trip to Nebraska would occur after graduation, during “beach week,” when Truman’s seniors traditionally cram into houses in the tacky Jersey Shore town of Wildwood. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Although rural counties contain only 20 percent of the U.S. population, 60 percent of new prison construction occurs there. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to Nathan that his role in the realm of Holy Beings was temporary. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that it had very likely saved us once already; without the fog those balloons would’ve spotted us hours ago, in our boats, when we’d had nowhere to run. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The questions were fairly straightforward: “What did you see that morning at church? Where were you standing when the explosion occurred?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, I started with Elf Ear, Nebraska, and the stage and the sundering that occurred there. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It has occurred to me that perhaps they might like to breakfast with us, my family and a very few friends, but I would not ask this unless it is thoroughly agreeable to them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Conferences, strategy sessions, and debates regarding how best to build a movement to dismantle the new caste system would be occurring on a regular basis. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The boy recalled what he had seen in the vision, and sensed that it was actually going to occur. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to Digges that the Earth might shine like a star, or that the planets are other Earths. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was, it occurred to him, his father’s son, and now he brooded in the same spindle-back Windsor chair his father had brooded in. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her that she could copy out pages and paste them up and practice reading them whenever she had a pause. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

However, the methods that I and other people were using in 1974 were not able to answer questions such as whether singularities would occur in quantum gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and let him paint her toenails too, something that would not have occurred to her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never would have occurred to me those words were forecasting my imminent and terrifying future. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me now that a great part of my mindless indifference to my surroundings earlier on was simply that I didn’t know where I was, couldn’t know where I was. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a measureless relief when it occurred to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that if he did—by some miracle— manage to escape, the She Elephant could hide Rita and Kuda so deeply no one would ever find them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when I received Norman Bowker’s letter, it occurred to me that the act of writing had led me through a swirl of memories that might otherwise have ended in paralysis or worse. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me she was scared I’d expose her—the pencil case, sure enough, vanished from view—and I wanted to tell her she’d nothing to fear from me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those competitions would occur in January, April, October, and December. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to him that Vola’s cabin felt like a nest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The men had their backs to Tristran and Yvaine, and were resolutely facing the village as if they thought it sinful to observe the preparations occurring in the meadow behind them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that I’d beat her for the role. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Something occurs to me: “How did Candy know we went for pizza yesterday?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I say, "Yeah, I'll try to stop by," even though I don't know when the party will be occurring. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

As mayor almost his only duty was to preside at banquets, given on the Shire-holidays, which occurred at frequent intervals. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me for the first time that, whether she knows it or not, she isn’t suggesting running away to be human. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The impossible had occurred: A fifteen-year-old had managed to draw against perhaps the second or third strongest player in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At a certain point it occurred to me that every single person in that cell might be faking it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Much has been written about the ways in which people manage to deny, even to themselves, that extraordinary atrocities, racial oppression, and other forms of human suffering have occurred or are occurring. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If the first tail occurs before the twentieth flip, you must pay $100. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was precisely because we knew that such incidents would occur that our decision to take up arms had been so grave and reluctant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spreading can occur rapidly and stop abruptly, or it can occur slowly over a long period of time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to us to study his every move or to wonder what he was hiding. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to Palmer not to go along. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It had just occurred to her that Lady Constance was far too young to have school-age offspring of her own. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He could control where the melting and freezing would occur. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When he laid down, something occurred to him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The essays are supposed to be about a significant event that occurred in our lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dear Dean O’Neill, It occurs to me that the people who will be reading this letter are faced with a difficult decision concerning my admission to the University of Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt very comfortable just then, and it occurred to me that it wouldn’t be a bad life, owning a place like this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to Hazel that there was anything unusual in this. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that those brief displays of affection between one's parents were rare or special or that they even required hard work to achieve. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

No desire to do anything but wait around for something big to happen, something miraculous to occur. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A completely crazy thought occurred to Alex: had Calvin been trying to stop Jordan from throwing the bottle? Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think anything of mine was there,” she said as if the thought hadn’t even occurred to her before. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A matter of overwhelming importance occurred to him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

On such a trip as mine, so much there is to see and to think about that event and thought set down as they occurred would roil and stir like a slow-cooking minestrone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where do the naturally occurring elements come from? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It never occurred to me. There’s nothing wrong in running from a fox.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I don’t have to take this test, because I know more than the teacher. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Conor’s mum was still too tired to cook herself, and though Conor could have made something, it didn’t seem to occur to his grandma that this was even a possibility. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ned begged her to tell him what had occurred, but she refused. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He unearthed several shovelfuls of dirt in this manner, be-fore it occurred to him that he was dumping his dirt within the perimeter of his hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me, as we unpacked the things that are Florida, that Mom might actually hate moving here. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a bit surprised at this collective openness of demeanor—neither stares nor disapproving looks—until it occurred to me that these people probably didn’t realize we were from the college. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Explosive increases in some kinds of soil organisms have occurred when others have been reduced by insecticides, disturbing the relation of predator to prey. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to them to feel sorry for themselves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Insecticide-resistant strains of this mosquito have occurred in Southeast Asia and are now common in the Caribbean region. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

An important breakthrough occurred in a squash court under the west stands of the University of Chicago’s Stagg Field, where Enrico Fermi had erected an atomic pile. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“And it really is. I can’t believe it never occurred to me. I keep thinking of that quote by Picasso: ‘Every child is an artist. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t think why the sky’s being bombed until I realize the Gamemakers are shooting off fireworks up there, while the real destruction occurs on the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For evolution to occur, an organism must be able to generate genetic variation—i.e., it must produce descendants that are genetically different from either parent. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Winston that a synthetic face was perhaps incapable of changing its expression. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, sweetness. I’m not a real science teacher. When I was growing up, there were nine planets. It never even occurred to me that that could change.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

To his way of thinking, the Big Bang occurred after a single ambitious person seized power, perhaps in a coup. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide and blinking, and it occurred to Emily that Maddie might actually be nervous about losing her bet. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want a scene to occur,” she said. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It is thought that similar but even larger black holes, with masses of about a hundred million times the mass of the sun, occur at the centers of quasars. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been feeding him all the things he liked himself, but now it occurred to him that what was good for a boy might not be right for a cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We deemed the fireflies a bounty and the ants a plague, but it occurred to me for the first time to question why there should be such a distinction. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The second burst occurred when oxygen rose to 10 per cent of the present level. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he might not ever have met one, or at least never exchanged more than a word or two with one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that Mom’s making all this up because Jude can’t stop missing Grandma. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that this was probably my last night in peculiardom. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then, reader, as he stood before the king, a wonderful, amazing thought occurred to the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Which is to say that several secret meetings were occurring at the same time; and the political corridors were even more labyrinthine than Jefferson’s imperfect memory of events. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

One occurred when there was a costume party and he went looking like a young G. B. Shaw in a full red beard. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

As Travis left, it occurred to Lydia that there was something different of late in his smile, with its two fake front teeth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The exact timing is uncertain—archaeologists keep pushing back the date—but it is now thought to have occurred about ten thousand years ago, not long after the Middle East's Neolithic Revolution. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Of course, it should have occurred to me immediately what was wrong, but it did not, and a few minutes later he called from the bedroom. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But at the lower particle energies that occur in most normal situations, this symmetry between the particles would be broken. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not till a couple of minutes later that the other, more probable explanation had occurred to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For whom, it suddenly occurred to him to wonder, was he writing this diary? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Now this was a definite shift from where we’d started which was all about them bringing me cups of tea and holding my hand and exactly when the shift occurred I couldn’t tell you. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So at last it occurs to you," Brother Jack said, pulling down the corners of his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me in retrospect that someone might have told Professor Steinberg about me, perhaps Dr. Kerry. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me then that I might be handling evidence! Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Researchers have long known that a second, independent Neolithic Revolution occurred in Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that he had dipped his thieving fingers in my wallet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was watching her closely, but it never seemed to occur to her I might make the connection—maybe she’d even forgotten herself where the image had come from. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Constantine, who examined the body when found, puts the time of death as having occurred between midnight and two in the morning. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d say, “And that horrid little photographer didn’t care, do you imagine it ever occurred to him to wash it?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Later it occurred to me that I could ask Granddaddy his thoughts about it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was open and gushing; cynicism did not occur to him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A good example of slurring occurs when a vocalist sings more than one note on the same syllable of text. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Then it occurs to me that my mother cooked them herself and that she was probably in pain as she stood before the hot stove. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before it occurred to him they were attempting to fly, they, too, were aloft. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever my responsibility was for what had occurred, I knew that I would pay for it, knew that I would be expelled, and the very idea stabbed my insides again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this had not stopped her from taking pleasure in life, it now occurred to Ishmael. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s conversion occurred with such breathtaking speed that hardly anyone noticed how deftly he was discarding the chief weapon the Republicans had wielded against two Federalist administrations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The streaks that did occur were most likely due to chance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That congratulatory conversation is occurring instead among the laughing guards while their dogs lie on the ground, finally quieted, chewing bones. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To simplify considerably, helper-T cells occur in two main types, one that targets microorganisms and one that targets parasites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’d felt so abandoned since her birthday, it had never occurred to her that Peris would want to see her, especially not here in Uglyville. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But prison, it occurred to me, is actually a world of two sides— two colors of uniforms—the “us” and the “them.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement of genetic information from one chromosome to another occurs only under extremely special circumstances. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me he is showing off. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They occur every twenty-five years, marking the anniversary of the districts’ defeat with over-the-top celebrations and, for extra fun, some miserable twist for the tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mood of a man insuring his life is not unlike that of a man signing his will; thoughts of mortality must occur. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it occurs to me that even in these do-or-die moments, there’s still space for us to laugh. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me at this point that the feast was for me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She said it slowly, as two syllables, as if it hadn’t previously occurred to her. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It has never occurred to you,” he said, “that you might have as much right to be here as anyone.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me for many years that they were as alike as sisters, separated only by formal education. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a cutting or fission of atomic nuclei occurs in nuclear weapons and conventional nuclear power plants, although it is not carbon that is split. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to me why he must be here. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It has never occurred to him to buy his wife flowers. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even if it was determined that gender discrimination had occurred, that wasn’t against the law yet. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the time will come when the solar interior is all carbon and oxygen, when at the prevailing temperatures and pressures no further nuclear reactions can occur. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s never been something that’s occurred to me that I could try. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But as he said, we never considered anything from her viewpoint, and it never occurred to us to say or do anything to support her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I sat there thinking these things, it occurred to me that a person couldn’t stay all locked up in the house like Phoebe and her mother had tried to do at first. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I was the only girl on the beach in a skirt and high heels, and it occurred to me I must stand out. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A remote explosion had occurred somewhere, perhaps back at Emerson's or that night in Bledsoe's office, and it had caused the ice cap to melt and shift the slightest bit. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It just occurred. I just applied to university and got in. I acted completely on faith that I could rely on my mother, without even realizing that I was relying on my mother.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He too had been wary of the notion when it occurred to him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It just occurred to me you might be interested,” he would say with a deprecating little laugh whenever he produced a new fragment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Only recently has it occurred to me that I became one on the day Stargirl took me to her enchanted place. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the phone ring for about the thirtieth time, suddenly it occurred to me: why not just run up to North Hampden and get it? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It just occurred to me that in point of fact what you just said can't be true because I am the world's most self-centered person.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

So Michael sat all the afternoon on the window-seat telling her everything that occurred in the Lane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that parrots always appear to have a pleasant smile, kind of like dolphins, so you never truly know what they’re thinking. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that if I ate too many Finkles, my lifetime wouldn’t last very long at all. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It simply had never occurred to me that I might be a minister. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Comrade Pillai that this generation was perhaps paying for its forefathers’ bourgeois decadence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to Harry that there would be exams with the castle in this state. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Something occurred to her, a good deed she might do. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the movement escalated, it became clear that a sea change was occurring not just in America but within black America itself. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then it suddenly occurred to Bigger that he need not be standing, that he had no reason to fear bodily harm from Jan here in jail. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would never have occurred to them that they could be persuaded to reach a conclusion by something so arbitrary and seemingly insignificant as a smile or a nod from a newscaster. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that Peleus might attack. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On Gene’s side, a near panic was occurring. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it occurred to Jinny that in all the commotion, she hadn’t helped Ess down the boulders, that she had run and stranded the girl behind after all that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Shadow that there was another wolf, a twin to the one that Wednesday was riding, keeping pace with them in the sand dunes, just a moment out of sight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

In other words, there needed to be an official estimate of the specific amount each state would have “assumed” and then be obliged to pay in federal taxes before the vote on assumption occurred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Fighting had not before occurred to any of them as one of the adventures in which their flight would land them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was about one o’clock in the morning when it suddenly occurred to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he probably had cancer of the throat. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Of the six deaths that occurred in wrecks the year before in the county, one was attributable to a teen driver. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

However, many parts of Eurasia did have quite a few of these 13 species living together in the same area: for example, seven of the wild ancestors occurred in Southwest Asia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Did its birth and death occur at the same moment? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

An engineer named Richard Whitcomb noticed that in the transonic speed range, the greatest turbulence occurred at the point where the wings of a model plane connected to its fuselage. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I asked in German, in a voice of wonder and hurt as though it had only just occurred to me, “What is your daughter’s name?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It would never occur to them that anyone could squeeze through a space two bricks wide. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But there was no clue—via Purple or anything else—stating when or where the attack would occur, except that it would likely be very soon, in December. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he couldn't remember the last time he felt happiness. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And even though I’d rather take the elevator by myself, it occurs to me that you can’t have a conversation about math expressions or state capitals or trombone positions with friends in books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

That idea had not occurred to me before, but when I thought about it, I decided he was right. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But also wishing that a miracle would occur, and Edward would appear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My departure would only make physically apparent the separation that had occurred long before. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The end of the war—if it ever occurred—wouldn’t be enough to lure them back to Monrovia. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It also occurred to her that April wasn’t going to be able to wear an upsweep anymore, but she didn’t say anything about that. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Bridge that Mr. Partridge was on the older side. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her that this might not be what it seemed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For example, wild flax occurs west to Britain and Algeria and east to the Caspian Sea, while wild barley occurs east even to Tibet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Syncopation — Syncopation occurs when a strong note happens either on a weak beat or off the beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

What possible rationale could exist for a large American land force, since the conflict with France was occurring on the high seas? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A few men are seated with their sleeves rolled up, washing their arms and feet, and it suddenly occurs to me that the ancient mosque isn’t a museum or monument. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But then it occurred to him that any progress he had made on his quest so far he had made by accepting the help that had been offered to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, Turner had a second thought that had never occurred to him before: he wondered if he believed a single thing his father was saying. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The same thought seemed to occur almost simultaneously to everyone in the cell. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Plus, just in case some hitting did occur, it protected important body parts. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

This is how a stuffed shirt says “happen” or “occur” or “take place.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to Browne that the notion of intellectual property owed as much to Columbus as to the printing press. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If the first crack appeared in 1789, the real break occurred two years later. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A motif is a short musical idea — shorter than a phrase — that occurs often in a piece of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The Sorensons were nice, but their visits had been too infrequent and brief for real bonding to occur. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Not one word, English or Spanish, occurred to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And it had just occurred to me that, while yes, there was some fault on my end for not asking him more questions about himself, his omission was also strange. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers, an idea occurring to him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to Citra that people would come out to see scythes arriving at conclave, but then, all celebrity events drew onlookers, so why not a gathering of scythes? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me to wonder what it was like to be Valerian’s friend. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The mitochondria are the “powerhouses” in which most of the energy-producing reactions occur. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Someone whispered tonelessly into my ear, "You see, I told you that it would occur at 5:30. Already the Creator has come." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word HeLa,, used to refer to the cells grown from Henrietta Lacks’s cervix, occurs throughout the book. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At that point he stood up again, and the thought occurred to me that in such a narrow cell, if he wanted to move around he didn’t have many options. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Though it probably occurred too late to have much, if any, bearing on the results, the most dramatic event of the campaign was provided by Hamilton. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I struggled with how to pitch myself to Augustus Waters, which enthusiasms to embrace, and in the silence that followed it occurred to me that I wasn’t very interesting. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then observers moving at different speeds can disagree about whether event A occurred before B or vice versa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that this level of professionalism might mean that standard procedure—a phone call for the accused—would be observed, and he would be free within a day or two. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

These appointments, somewhat misleadingly described as “the midnight judges,” had occurred after the presidential election, and therefore denied Jefferson the right to choose his own men. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Somehow—God forbid the volunteer should question how—a miracle had occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had become a place where no one had any idea what was supposed to occur . . . increasingly unmanageable. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that Lefty, who shared her eyes and eyebrows, who slept in the bed beside hers, could be possessed by such a desire had never occurred to Desdemona before. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Similar mishaps have occurred in groves sprayed a month earlier, and residues have been found in the peel of oranges six months after treatment with standard dosages. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that our family didn’t pay much attention to each other when we were together, which, once I thought about it, wasn’t much to begin with. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To surrender deeply, truly, was to give in to an idea that hadn’t occurred to me until this kiss: that your admiration for somebody could be as great as your adoration of her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to either of us that the earth itself might have been unyielding. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Galileo announced his discovery Venus was moving towards the sun: conjunction occurred on 1 March. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He begins to moan, shaking violently, and it occurs to me that perhaps he is merely cold. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had shot at them to keep them from devouring his crops, but it had never occurred to him that those insignificant rodents could be turned into ladies’ coats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me to stand, to show myself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

By the time they walked through the village and arrived at the gap in the wall, Tristran had imagined every possibility, except the one which occurred. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d heard Nereids and other water spirits speak to me underwater before, but it never occurred to me Tyson was a son of Poseidon. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Something had occurred to me when Chiron talked about my mother’s fate, as if he were intentionally avoiding the word death. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so certain it was Katz, it didn’t even occur to me until now.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even in the midst of his fear and strain it occurred to him that Dandelion must be very fast: he had covered the distance in a flash. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that nettles are, in fact, injection needles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing interesting to be seen, because all the phases that occurred between 1 January and 1 March would be repeated in reverse order as Venus emerged from the conjunction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If his memory served him right, these were the pairs of bases that Chargaff had shown to occur in equal amounts. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The full ramifications of the Scoreboard’s existence occurred to me for the first time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The most important business did not occur within the bronze doors, but in the rotunda and dim alcoves of the building—of which there were many, probably for this exact purpose. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

With so many deaths occurring each week, the priority was transferring the bodies back to the United States as quickly as possible. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A horrible idea had just occurred to him, and he had to warn Chacho before anything else happened. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he occurs at length in this account, it is because he contributed much to the trip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Teaching and learning occurs between the art forms and any number of diverse subject areas. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But it had never occurred to me that anyone could make such a threat and mean it literally as Weylin meant it now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it never occurred to me that some of the hydrogen just wouldn't burn. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he disappears into the backyard with the two girls, it occurs to me his priorities at a house party might not revolve around reconnecting with his strange childhood friend. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought I would bring food to his cage, but then it occurred to me that Chester must be taking everything away that was given to him. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, it never occurred to me before that indigenous culture might be the heart of this city, maybe even the heart of the entire province of Imbabura. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of 1937 there was a great catch of fish and the canneries were working full time and a housing shortage occurred. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of all the remarkable events that occurred in 1919, one historic aeronautic achievement in particular held the attention of people across the country. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that she didn’t even know what had happened, but she still sounded sincere. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to her that she was teaching herself as she laboriously chopped apart the words that had rolled like rainwater off Betsy’s tongue. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It then occurred to him that when he thought of the guys he was really thinking only of two of them: Beans and Mutto. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She felt lonely and guilty, and it occurred to her that if only she could be with Rosa she would feel much happier. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the connection is made, and a particular lymphocyte with a particular receptor is brought into the presence of the particular antigen, one of the greatest small spectacles in nature occurs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the contacts I saw with the whites who came to our door were tense and frightening, no matter why they occurred, because we were always afraid of doing something to upset them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to think about the things that had happened, but there were times that questions came to her, occurring in the deep of night, sometimes even in dreams. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me to ask why Papa finally stopped playing in the orchestra. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that my conscience stopped me from killing August at the very moment someone was attempting to carry out his orders to kill me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was then it occurred to her that every scythe, since the Scythedom began, had to take this test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That fact did not occur to me now. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The gravest issues seem to have occurred among the partisans, the guerrilla resistance fighters on the German-occupied side of the front lines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, it would never have occurred to him to consider Joe an enemy. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew then that he had mistaken my silence for fatigue, and it had not occurred to him I dreaded this arrival at Manderley as much as I had longed for it in theory. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Epidemics are sensitive to the conditions and circumstances of the times and places in which they occur. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I met with them almost every week for a few months, and then the meetings occurred at irregular intervals, sometimes not for a month, and then suddenly every week. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me as we walked into the church, both of us still dressed in our office clothes, that I'd never thought much about what a community organizer actually did. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And wherever or whenever this kind of tragedy occurs, it affects us all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me, too, that quite possibly the man would never make any money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The children of a freedom fighter also learn not to ask their father too many questions, and I could see in their eyes that they understood that something serious was occurring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this moment it suddenly occurred to him how completely alone they were. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If this ritual of ornamentation didn’t occur, Mollie feared Anna’s spirit might be lost. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It states simply that in the long run the difference between the probability of some event and the relative frequency with which it occurs approaches zero. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he didn’t know much about Kate’s place lately. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would not have occurred to her that an action which is ineffectual thereby becomes meaningless. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other in disbelief and glanced over at the warders, who seemed unaware that anything momentous had occurred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to Santiago to let the marlin go. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inference learning occurs conceptually, where the student is able to identify, create, and improvise with musical materials already learned. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This translates to mean: What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

However, it occurs to me that perhaps what one takes objection to is, specifically, the outmoded understanding of what a 'distinguished household' is, rather than to the general principle being expressed. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way he moved through the world made me think it had never occurred to him, not once, not even on a really rough day, to wonder whether he might’ve been a bad person. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It may not occur to you how very important a matter this Seal is,” he wrote in a December 8, 1890, letter to George R. Davis, the fair’s director-general, its chief political officer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It would not have occurred to Ifemelu to refuse the check; now she could pay some bills, send something home to her parents. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And as I looked out at the dark, quiet street, it occurred to me that walking home wasn’t the best idea ever. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But I know, even as the idea occurs to me, that I won’t be able to outrun him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the night we were shipping out from Dearborn Station, it occurred to me that the troop train would pass through Grandma’s town, sometime in the night. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got excited—and then just as quickly went cold, because something dreadful occurred to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Patrick Moore told viewers that they could experience the phenomenon by jumping in the air at the exact moment the alignment occurred. If they did, they would feel weightless, like they were floating.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The injection of disease-causing organisms into unaware human subjects has occurred before in American medical science,” the article explained. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A miracle has happened and a sign has occurred here on earth, right on our farm, and we have no ordinary pig.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dozens of other failures occurred around the country. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then she told me that it had occurred to her that if she got out of Welch, and away from the family, she might have a shot at a happy life. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You may or may not be aware of the events that occurred in the parking lot yesterday afternoon...” begins Mr. Bontaff, who then proceeds to tell us even less than we already know. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t even occurred to Magdalys that she could get better at it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he took this windfall in a fashion dangerously close to matter of fact but still he said what he had said before. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I don’t even have appropriate clothes to wear—no interview suits, no proper slacks or blouses. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to her that she’d be tumbling into space. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to him that they might not be there, in the car. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A curious line to recite, especially since the combination never occurs in the play. Are you trying to improve on Shakespeare?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I really was in someone else’s country and yet, in some necessary way, I was outside of their country. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was not like the riot that occurred when big, fat women laughed—her breasts rose and fell against the tight cloth of her dress. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“How would it ever occur to a sane man that he could fly?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

About two decades later various other organic phosphates came into use as insecticides, as we have seen, and soon cases reminiscent of the ginger paralysis episode began to occur. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that he had no reason to be upset. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her one night that she was one of the vengeful monsters they were scared of: She had killed a white boy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The Efrafans usually kept fairly close together in the open and it had not occurred to Campion that other rabbits might straggle more widely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Further west, the same burning occurred, but on even grander scale. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Anything new they added, he wanted it to occur onstage, in performance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to me that she might have reason. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me on the timber that I might drown. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As I hop in the shower it occurs to me that a few weeks ago I would have been ecstatic to have multiplied numbers in my head. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was even a mosque, although I doubted that any worship actually occurred behind those walls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I replaced the phone on the receiver it occurred to me that the television wasn’t on at Dora’s house at all. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It would be embarrassing for Otrera if her followers failed in their duties—if, for instance, they were overcome by an outsider and a prison break occurred.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A second ambiguity occurs, as here, in discussing historical events which don’t quite count as actions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, many individually unlikely steps had to occur in biological evolution and human history for our present intelligence and technology to develop. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only he were a person to whom it would occur! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to her to wonder about that at all. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that my vision of the fig tree and all the fat figs that withered and fell to earth might well have arisen from the profound void of an empty stomach. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the robot looked out at the island, it never even occurred to her that she might not belong there. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Some soaking had occurred, yes,” said Sterling Whitman. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As evening drew in, bringing with it an unexpected gust of chilly rain for the first time in weeks, there occurred one of those inexplicable moments when they appeared to have seen something interesting. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The second time I was charged and spent time in isolation occurred shortly after the first. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it occurred to him that Frank might have had a bad experience with fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now Brahe set about proving that the impossible had in fact occurred by showing, using elementary trigonometry, that the new star could not be in the upper atmosphere but must be in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“With so many pretty and decent girls around, the only thing that occurs to you is to get married to the daughter of our enemy.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As with the dot-com boom, a great deal of profoundly fractured cerebration occurred. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some solution that would never even occur to me without her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

According to Einstein himself, he was simply sitting in a chair when the problem of gravity occurred to him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But it never occurred to me to either run or fight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her that when she went gleaning with Scythe Faraday, his focus was always on the destination, and that destination wasn’t a place, but a person. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the supreme example of Jefferson’s greater flexibility occurred on the foreign policy front. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She must have come to feel so powerless, I thought, that the one thing she might have done—pick up the phone and call an ambulance—never even occurred to her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She looks up at me, expecting a response, but I just stare at her open-mouthed, because something huge has occurred to me, something I haven’t understood until now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It ‘There are literary-critical and theological questions over whether it occurs to Satan that there’s the possibility of repentance, but we’ll skate over those here. “ Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the same breath they denied that the beating had occurred and wanted to know how I had heard about it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to Percy that they might have to pay admission, or stand in line behind a bunch of families and kids from summer camps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like all the good things that occurred in his long life, that tremendous fortune had its origins in chance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For C.P., it occurred when he was eight years old, playing football in a weedy field with a group of black children who lived just over the railroad tracks. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He measured out flour and lard and milk and yeast and was putting it all in a bowl when it occurred to him it might be okay to turn on the radio, very softly. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that all the world might not desire such delicacies as two pounds of pork and six ounces of beef and a small pond fish. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Such a thing had never occurred to Hazel. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thousand-yard stare of intoxication, I thought, and as I watched her with an idle fascination, it occurred to me that, yeah, I was a little drunk, too. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The dog was the first animal domesticated by Homo sapiens, and this occurred before the Agricultural Revolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next incident occurred with Garvey along two days later as they were hiking to the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

To be honest, it never occurred to me that my mother was concerned about my happiness. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Serjeant, we yet discuss mutability. Private Williams is providing us with an excellent example. He demonstrates how change occurs, and how the senses remark upon change.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Neither city nor business services had been able to get into the neighborhood while the uncontrolled violence was occurring. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Ishmael for the first time in his life that such destruction could be beautiful. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me the Kleins might have had some. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But this drive was different and better because it occurred during calculus, because it occurred with Ben and Radar, because it occurred on our way to where I believed I would find her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that he’d always acted nervous and fidgety when we left Yancy, as if he expected something bad to happen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It could have occurred anywhere we might have been living; I had reached the age. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Society called attention to the great variety of species of fish and other forms of life inhabiting the southeastern part of the United States, including species that occur nowhere else in the world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But it is done; we are reconciled, dearer, much dearer, than ever, and no moment’s uneasiness can ever occur between us again. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

We don’t know whether it occurred to its strummers to play more than one string simultaneously, like a chord, or whether they only picked out one-note-at-a-time tunes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The incident had occurred and was gone for me: it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In part, the bonding occurred because the correspondence of their twilight years permitted both sages to confront and argue out their different notions of the history they had lived and made together. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Wherever he went, troubling things seemed to occur. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to Palmer that he had not eaten all day until a crewcut little kid with a cup of grape water ice stood beside him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It occurs to him that no American president has ever been assassinated. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

One such situation occurred that same afternoon just as I was dropping Gabriel off at home. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had occurred to Malcolm already, and it came back to him now, that what he was doing in talking to Dr. Relf was very like what St. Alexander was celebrated for. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“She died on opening night of The King and I. Now she haunts the Cape Playhouse. If there aren’t fresh hydrangeas for opening night on that shelf, tragedy will occur.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, Turner had a thought that had never occurred to him before: he wondered if his father really believed a single thing he was saying. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Now, okay, maybe my math skills weren’t the best, but it suddenly occurred to me that we’d reached the number five, and I wasn’t in the group. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me suddenly that not a single word had passed between him and his father all evening, except for the Talmud contest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It had not occurred to any of the rabbits that they were floating beside the path up which they had come earlier that evening before the storm broke. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had discovered with Mariner 9 that characteristic changes in the bright and dark patterns on the Martian surface occur during times of high winds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that I have played this role before. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Newton’s great insights into these mathematical methods, and the beginnings of his investigation of gravity, occurred at a time when the routine of life in Cambridge was interrupted by the threat of plague. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She had gone to Welch High School, and it seemed not to have occurred to her to live anywhere else. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I see the bighand about to hit the twelve, I am all set to say, “I’m going for a break,” when it occurs to me Mr. Kellerman is nowhere in sight. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

As though it hadn’t occurred to her that she’d have to explain why. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And of course, outright violence against Indigenous peoples by European forces occurred frequently. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow it hadn’t occurred to me that she had a whole routine for it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few days of fun and education in Brussels, the Fischers were ready to leave, but not before a minor fracas occurred. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then, that evening, as she was washing her face before bed, an idea occurred to Mrs. Richardson, a way this luncheon might serve another purpose, too. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have also, no doubt, been prompted to think along such lines by the small event that occurred an hour or so ago - which has, I admit, unsettled me somewhat. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Constantine is of the opinion that death occurred at about 1 a.m.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, nobody looked up until a splash occurred in midstream, a splash obviously too large to have been made by a child throwing a stone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compared with later eras, what is impressive about Jomon Japan is not that some contact with the outside world did occur but that it had so little influence on Jomon society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that I’d been looking at him any particular way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

This deprives children of much of the freedom and interaction and development that can occur during free time with each other and with their own selves. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Poppet mentioned you as part of the series of events that occurred earlier, so I hoped you would arrive eventually.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Significant changes in social behaviour cannot occur, in general, without genetic mutations. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me why they call it eye contact. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

About this time there occurred a strange incident which hardly anyone was able to understand. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Out of all the possibilities in the world—the millions of them—only events occurred that lead to the Salinas jail. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him to ask anyone how he or she recognized another person. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was a time in my life when it would never have occurred to me to make a confession like this one. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Profound racial injustice occurs when minority police officers follow the rules. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It occurred to Winston that for the first time in his life he was looking, with knowledge, at a member of the Thought Police. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One of the most spectacular fish kills of recent years occurred in the Colorado River below Austin, Texas, in 1961. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that she may be a spy, a plant, set to trap me; such is the soil in which we grow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something occurred to me as she was going and I spoke to Weylin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick Prendergast believed his appointment as corporation counsel was about to occur. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He never deviates or lets himself be swayed by the voices outside the door, begging him to open up before a disaster occurs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Heavy mortality has occurred among about 90 species of birds, including those most familiar to suburbanites and amateur naturalists. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was frightened, and I don’t know why, because it never occurred to me—well, something like that just doesn’t. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed him in the drive, it occurred to me that he’d probably be driving that forklift for the rest of his life. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The farther back the critical events occur, the more powerfully can they influence the present. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the fourth solution—to swing one rope back and forth like a pendulum and then grab hold of the other rope—occurred to only a few people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to him to disobey the harsh note. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually it occurred to me that he didn’t have a mate or a family. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My quarters were uncomfortable, certainly, they were foully dirty and bitterly cold; but it never occurred to me that they were actually unsafe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even at the very worst times it had never occurred to me to pray but I did now. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It honestly never occurred to me that it would hurt people. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me to request this of my teacher. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As he saw her, two thoughts occurred to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then something occurs to me, something that hits me in the gut and gnaws at my insides. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me that she wouldn’t always be there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

On the average, a supernova occurs in a given galaxy about once every century. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to me to leave America—not even temporarily. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if it’s occurred to you that Rider may have been preparing him for this all along?” she said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In The Origin, Charles wasn’t trying to murder Emma’s God; he was trying to show how he believed creation really occurred. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to her that Mikaela was being nice to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We speak of our own dead in low voices; struck down, we say, as though visible death can only occur for cause, by disease or violence, avoidably. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t occur to any of us that he might be in trouble. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s rather like a medical version of the maps police departments put up on their walls, with pins marking where crimes have occurred. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That thought had occurred to Matt too, but he didn’t want her to go away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nivea hoped that the successive and unpleasant stages of growth would bring her daughter a few imperfections, but nothing of the sort occurred. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed my best course ol action would be to return to my home and act as though nothing untoward had occurred. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to Shadow that Czernobog was going to try to play the same game again, the one that he had just won, that this would be his limitation. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that this information—information I’d shared with Ocean when he wanted to drive me to school for the first time—would continue to be useful to us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the absence of skill or knowledge, I must have scribbled down whatever occurred to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were many things I needed to think through on this particular issue, things that were only beginning to occur to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that an ugly, used lute might not sell very well in a city full of nobility and prosperous musicians. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This occurred despite the formation, a month before, of the Patriotic Front, an alliance of the ANC, the PAC, and the Azanian People’s Organization around a declaration of common goals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helene’s face is white as bone, her mind, like mine, unable to take in the travesty occurring in front of our eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It occurs to her that maybe Terry’s reluctance to take on this project has as much to do with avoiding this kind of maudlin moment as avoiding the work itself. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Something analogous—an awed, wondering celebration of a new mode of existence—may have occurred at the Norte Chico. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even in the first years of the program it was apparent that heavy losses were occurring among wildlife and domestic animals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as the thought occurred, pain flared in his arm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For those extinct American mammals whose bones are available in greatest abundance and have been dated especially accurately, one can pinpoint the extinctions as having occurred around 11,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that I would have no privacy when changing into my swimwear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This is accomplished with extraordinary precision by a change in the behavior of the chromosomes that occurs at one of the divisions producing those cells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me Taro might understand a little bit about me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We know that the moment occurred in the spring of 1929, though the exact date is murky. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I doubted it had occurred to him that Aaron even had a name. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After hearing that for maybe the fiftieth time, and learning more about my family’s baseball legacy, it occurred to me that the trunk might not be real. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that, with the exception of the guitar, he and I actually had quite a bit in common. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The lie occurred to me as I told it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he approached the turn onto his block, it occurred to him that they might be waiting at his front door. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It has never occurred to either of them to question Ashima’s grandmother’s selection, to disregard an elder’s wishes in such a way. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then it occurred to me that there might come a time when the Paqo would use his power to heal my scarred face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When I was halfway back to my classroom, a weird thought occurred to me: If Annette hadn’t told Miss Palma, then who had? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new thought had occurred to her, inspired by the irregular hedge looming off to the side of the road. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I told the sergeant that it was not proper to take the measurements at night when the accident had occurred in the daylight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z