occasion
noun
a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences.
had occasioned
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past perfectof occasion.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Rather than a hobby indulged in a vacuum, ceramics had become deeply enmeshed with Rogen’s sense of himself as a creative person — and had occasioned epiphanies he wanted to weave back into moviemaking.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
She opened the package and gently stroked the purchase that had occasioned our odyssey: a five-dollar pink baby towel.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2018
I lingered some minutes, being unaccustomed to retiring from a chamber without permission or direction; but our hostess having disappeared, I passed above-stairs to see what strife had occasioned such an outburst.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Denis wondered to find a moisture in his eyes; it brought back the heart-break which had occasioned him less outward emotion, and he was carried away no more.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
I soon collected sufficient proof to be assured that it was the appearance of your son which had occasioned this confusion, and imparted enough of my sentiments to make myself understood.
From Bungay Castle: A Novel. v. 1/2 by Elizabeth Bonhote
