come across
verb
came across; come across; coming across; comes across
1
: to give over or furnish something demanded
especially
: to pay over money
2
: to produce an impression
comes across as a good speaker
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Examples of come across in a Sentence
the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable
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On the other side of the fence, the Stewarts came across a large yellow tent.
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
In 2019, a 16-year-old student in São Paulo, Brazil, came across the snippet and uploaded it to YouTube and several Reddit communities, which helped the search go viral.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Though Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., at the time, the intruder came across her husband and brutally beat him with a hammer.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
One day, about six months into his research, Pickford came across a letter that caught his attention.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
In 2019, a 16-year-old student in São Paulo, Brazil, came across the snippet and uploaded it to YouTube and several Reddit communities, which helped the search go viral.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Though Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., at the time, the intruder came across her husband and brutally beat him with a hammer.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
One day, about six months into his research, Pickford came across a letter that caught his attention.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for come across
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“Come across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20across. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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