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on occasion
Idioms and Phrases
From time to time, now and then, as in Nell has been known to eat meat on occasion . This usage, first in the form of upon occasion , replaced by occasion about 1600.Example Sentences
"One of the aims of my father and John was to show that on occasion, the family of humankind could be joyous together and celebrate together," said Brasher.
We would meet for dinner on occasion and there would be people like Sidney Poitier there.
There were concerns he was repeatedly going missing and stealing; fears he was being exploited to use and deal drugs and that he had, on occasion, also left home with a knife.
Unfortunately, I've resigned myself to the fact that on occasion, I might be susceptible to these kinds of attack, which is pretty depressing.
Hancock has been playing the piano for almost 80 years, but the instrument still gives him so much joy, that on occasion, during a session on the keys, he finds himself sobbing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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