happen

Example Sentences

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It’s highly doubtful this will happen, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

At a house where a construction worker dumped lumber onto the sidewalk, Phillips strode up and asked what the thought would happen to the scrap pile.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

More than that, I worried what would happen when it came out.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

Now into the mix comes a divinely handsome stranger who bonds with Adora when they happen to sit next to each other at the ballet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“Aw, Grandpa,” I said, “nothing like that will ever happen to me. I’d be lucky if I had a grasshopper named after me.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls