have occasion to
Example Sentences
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As an older gentleman, I too have occasion to need a restroom more often than most.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023
When testing swivels, the two have occasion to sit in chairs they repair, and they report some are less comfortable than one would imagine.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022
We don’t often have occasion to mention art exhibitions here, but a new show at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art deserves special recognition.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2018
Since these precedents are accepted, states and citizens do not file, and lower court judges do have occasion to hear, cases challenging them, thereby placing them on the superprecedent list.
From Slate • Jul. 5, 2018
These were people who mostly didn’t know one another and would never have occasion to meet, many of whom I’d fallen out of touch with myself.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
