occur to one
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Maybe a great name will occur to one of you if you stop consciously thinking about it.
From Slate • Dec. 8, 2019
We pictured the meek mild creatures where They dwelt in their strawy pen, Nor did it occur to one of us there To doubt they were kneeling then.
From Slate • Dec. 25, 2012
Still, when the question was once asked, it did occur to one or two of us that possibly we might have jumped to a conclusion too hastily.
From Boycotted And Other Stories by Reed, Talbot Baines
Saving a horse, a dog would be about the last thing to occur to one in guessing at the identity of any strange animal.
From The Forest by White, Stewart Edward
The idea might occur to one that, in this business, the Epeira stays motionless in her cabin since she is prevented from hurrying down, because the foot-bridge is broken.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
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