TRANSPIRE in a Sentence

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For TRANSPIRE, below is one of 14 sentences:
The servant announced the young man; but the banker, recollecting what had transpired the day before, did not wish him admitted.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRANSPIRE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
transpire
 v.  come about, happen, or occur
 v.  exude water vapor
Classic Sentence:
1  But it transpired that this was a request which Joe had just been going to make of Tom, and had come to hunt him up for that purpose.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  A murmur of approbation ran through the assembly; and at this moment, Albert, had nothing more transpired, your father's cause had been gained.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
3  The servant announced the young man; but the banker, recollecting what had transpired the day before, did not wish him admitted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 87. The Challenge.
4  Fanny learnt from her all the particulars which had yet transpired.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  What occurred during that time has not yet transpired, but at a quarter to twelve Police-constable Barrett, passing along Godolphin Street observed that the door of No.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
7  It transpired after a confused five minutes that the man had heard Gatsby's name around his office in a connection which he either wouldn't reveal or didn't fully understand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
8  Several curious little circumstances transpired as the action proceeded.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXI
9  It transpired that he had twisted a tendon out of place, and could never have gotten well without attention.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
10  The one called Lucas was a mild and meek-looking little gentleman of clerical aspect; he had been an itinerant evangelist, it transpired, and had seen the light and become a prophet of the new dispensation.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
11  Our readers may not be unwilling to glance back, for a brief interval, at Uncle Tom's Cabin, on the Kentucky farm, and see what has been transpiring among those whom he had left behind.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
Example Sentence:
1  Later,it transpired she had failed the examination.
2  As it later transpired, she had known him at school.
3  It transpired that Paolo had left his driving licence at home.