occasion
noun
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences.
had been occasioning
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past perfect progressiveof occasion.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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We gather from an Observer of December in that year, that Lake Ontario, according to its wont, had been occasioning alarms to travellers.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
