19 Metaphors for occurrence

The occurrences alluded to are the marvels performed by Quetzalcoatl on his journey from Tulan.

An occurrence considered by itself is not an episode.

The most eventful occurrence during our stay in Sydney, was the arrival of the schooner which we had left at Port Albany, awaiting the arrival of Mr. Kennedy.

The next salient occurrence in the series was the outbreak which brought fame to Nat Turner and the devoted Virginia county of Southampton.

This occurrence was a fall of snow.

For years, this occurrence was a topic of conversation in Pont-l'Evêque.

I frequently found, on consulting my watch, that occurrences, apparently of an hour's duration, were really less than a half or a quarter of that time.

"Spencer," Mr. Holcombe would say"Spencer shows that every occurrence is the inevitable result of what has gone before, and carries in its train an equally inevitable series of results.

The most interesting occurrence in natural history during the passage, in addition to the usual accompaniments of flying fish, dolphins, physaliae and velellae, was our finding, in the neighbourhood of the equator, considerable numbers of a rare British bird, Thalassidroma leachii, a species of storm-petrel, not before known to extend its range to the tropics; it was distributed between the tropic of Cancer and latitude 5 degrees South.

The next startling occurrence was the capture of Monteith Sterry while trying to steal through the lines.

The first occurrence out of the ordinary course of things that struck the American was the strong light of a lamp shining through an upper window of the government-housenot that at which the lieutenant was posted, but one above itand which had been placed there expressly as an indication to the frigate that Griffin had arrived, and was actively on duty.

Occurrence is the conjunction of two or more offices, which fall on the same day.

The only intervening occurrence meriting attention is the promulgation of a French decree purporting to be a definitive repeal of the Berlin and Milan decrees.

The most interesting occurrence in natural history during the passage, in addition to the usual accompaniments of flying fish, dolphins, physaliae and velellae, was our finding, in the neighbourhood of the equator, considerable numbers of a rare British bird, Thalassidroma leachii, a species of storm-petrel, not before known to extend its range to the tropics; it was distributed between the tropic of Cancer and latitude 5 degrees South.

But the strangest and most unexpected occurrence, was a grand rush, as of a herd of wild bulls, on the stairs, accompanied by the dousing of the one remaining light in the entry.

She lived some time afterward, but finally died under circumstances which indicate that this occurrence was the cause.

The other occurrence was the visit to Watertown of Herr Dreisbach with his famous menagerie.

Not only are all these creatures confined to salt water at the present day; but, so far as our records of the past go, the conditions of their existence have been the same: hence, their occurrence in any deposit is as strong evidence as can be obtained, that that deposit was formed in the sea.

The occurrence of a second Van Diemen's Land on the northern coast of Australia occasions confusion; and since Tasman, not Van Diemen, was the first discoverer of the island, it would be but just that whatever honour the name confers should be given to the former navigator."

19 Metaphors for  occurrence