EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR HAPPEN
Some horrible accident might happen to delay us here thirty minutes.
But where the material and the moral exist together, what is to happen then?
If you happen to know several, now is the time to tell them.
If you happen to be unacquainted with its authentic history, so much the better.
But of this we may be sure, that it will not happen again very often.
It is less likely to happen again for the very reason that it has happened.
I am not so presumptuous as to say that for me this may not happen.
I happen to know one of our number who can write a very enviable hand.
More things can happen to a fellow than I ever knew there was!
Brother, you'll be the cause that some misfortune will happen here.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR HAPPEN
befell
verbhappen to; take placebegan
verbcome into being; become functionalbegin
verbcome into being; become functionalbegins
verbcome into being; become functionalcame
verbadvance, approach- appear
- arrive
- attain
- be accessible
- be at disposal
- be convenient
- be handy
- be obtainable
- be ready
- become
- blow in
- bob up
- breeze in
- burst
- buzz
- check in
- clock in
- close in
- draw near
- drop in
- enter
- fall by
- fall in
- flare
- get
- get in
- happen
- hit
- hit town
- make it
- make the scene
- materialize
- move
- move toward
- near
- occur
- originate
- pop in
- pop up
- punch in
- punch the clock
- reach
- ring in
- roll in
- show
- show up
- sign in
- sky in
- spring in
- turn out
- turn up
- wind up at
came off
verbtranspirecome
verbadvance, approach- appear
- arrive
- attain
- be accessible
- be at disposal
- be convenient
- be handy
- be obtainable
- be ready
- become
- blow in
- bob up
- breeze in
- burst
- buzz
- check in
- clock in
- close in
- draw near
- drop in
- enter
- fall by
- fall in
- flare
- get
- get in
- happen
- hit
- hit town
- make it
- make the scene
- materialize
- move
- move toward
- near
- occur
- originate
- pop in
- pop up
- punch in
- punch the clock
- reach
- ring in
- roll in
- show
- show up
- sign in
- sky in
- spring in
- turn out
- turn up
- wind up at
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