On this page you'll find 20 example sentences with Happen. You'll also see the meaning, synonyms such as pass or occur and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

Frequent word

Happen in a sentence

Happen | Happened | Happens | Happening | Happenings | Happenstance | Happend | Happenin

Happen meaning

  1. To occur or take place.
  2. To happen to; to befall.
  3. To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

Synonyms of Happen

hap take place come about fall out pass occur pass off go on chance dematerialise materialise materialize bechance befall dematerialize

Example sentences (20)

That will happen will happen tomorrow, when Portnoy visits a restaurant we know very well here in Western New York.

This article is not a forecast of what will happen—it is just a documentation of what history suggests might happen.

Aimed-for things which the Socratics argued would tend to happen by nature, Machiavelli said would happen by chance.

It just shows that the segment is reaching a point in the curve where consolidation has to happen or will happen.

Those are scenarios that could happen and those are ones that we just can’t afford to happen at this point,” he said.

We’re actually going to make it happen and we’re going to partner with the City of Toronto to make it happen,” he said.

One has to be very careful about evaluating what actually happened, what was supposed to happen and what didn’t happen.

Well, I think I'll know very quickly if something good is going to happen, and also whether it'll happen fast.

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Our politics should be about detailing how things happen and how people should be held accountable if it does not happen.

If you understand the science, you know what needs to happen and you know it needs to happen very quickly.

We should ask only what we want to happen, and how to make it happen, given the constraints of the moment.

As with most romcoms, you know what’s going to happen, you just don’t know it’s going to happen, or when.

It’s scary to think but three out of four heart attacks that happen outside of a hospital happen at home.

Well it won't happen in 2020 but it could happen in 2024 if Americans would just start voting for decent people this election.

But if something so momentous can happen so quickly, doesn’t that mean additional momentous changes can happen just as quickly?

Does it bother you that a large number of people here who happen to agree with you happen to be white?

According to the I estimates a 70% chance the explosion will happen by September and a 95% it will happen by the end of the year.

Groups that advocate for everyone possible to vote admitted that illegal voting does happen but said it doesn’t happen very much.

It won't happen for another year, but eventually it will happen, and it will be weird and depressing.

This is why they are all talking about what will happen if they don’t come to power instead of saying what will happen if they do.

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Common combinations with happen

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • to happen 71×
  • will happen 41×
  • happen to 25×
  • happen and 23×
  • happen in 22×
  • can happen 17×
  • it happen 17×
  • could happen 14×
  • things happen 12×
  • that happen 12×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "happen" in a sentence?
An example: "That will happen will happen tomorrow, when Portnoy visits a restaurant we know very well here in Western New York." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "happen" from real English texts.
What does "happen" mean?
Happen means: To occur or take place.
What are synonyms of "happen"?
Common synonyms of "happen" include: hap, take place, come about, fall out, pass, occur, pass off, go on. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "happen" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "happen", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word happen. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.