How to Use come across in a Sentence

come across

verb
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  • And the poses, although varied, come across as more relaxed.
    — Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Jason meanwhile comes across a wounded merchant, and ducks into a shop to find the man’s hiding children.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The city also said residents might come across traffic lights that are down and should treat intersections as four-way stops.
    — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021
  • People are worried about looking too old, and sexism in the workplace is real, so some women want to come across as younger.
    — Heather Muir Maffei, Health.com, 16 Sep. 2020
  • To be honest, we have been blessed to be a part of the music community and constantly come across talent that amazes us.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The blue suit image is still safe, soft, and seemingly another attempt to come across as approachable.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Both of Sorey’s imposing utterances come across as monuments to a tragic year.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Morel hunters may come across other mushroom species that are not yet documented and the Society is happy to check them out.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Adams hoped to develop a similar type of kinship with the two-time MVP but didn't want to come across the wrong way.
    — Steve Megargee, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Murphy said the agency received a tip that led them to a tractor trailer that was coming across the Mexican border.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The shortfalls come across categories from agriculture to energy.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Local officials in Texas border towns say the lack of migrants coming across the border has caused some shelters to recalibrate.
    — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • For those who hold this view, memorials and signs like the ones outside the Wittenberg church come across as denigrating rather than ameliorating.
    — Jasper Bastian, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Devin presents as a quirky, intellectual individual who comes across as more rational and logical.
    — Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The rapper and fashion designer has never been one for predictability, but his recent behavior — much of it on social media — has come across to fans as particularly striking.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Hiltz broke the finish-line tape and a huge smile came across their face.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 July 2023
  • But on the whole, the show comes across as too pleased with itself, and/or too eager to please.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In the search for a new, safe home, the wayward band comes across a group of neohumans.
    — Kayti Burt, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • For the most part, though, that comes across as an outlier.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
  • For one thing, there are just more people coming across the bridges and through the tunnels.
    — Jordyn Holman John Taggart, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Once, in grade school, Frank and I came across a small shark caught by a fisherman with a rod and reel.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • The green, yellow, and blue on the right side of the image have puzzled me and many players that have come across it.
    — Saniya Ahmed, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
  • By the standards of the day, that may come across as a radical statement.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • While many leather watch straps can come across as rustic and chunky or padded and plush, the Quince is neither.
    — Tim Barribeau, wsj.com, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And, sure, the winning run only came across to score by way of an Oakland wild pitch.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The magic of being a middle grader doesn’t come across the same way.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Almost every taster who comes across Rowan's Creek gets a big old note of some type of nut.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 21 Mar. 2024
  • On the dark side, be wary of coming across as selfish and self-absorbed when your needs aren't met.
    — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
  • The buoyant anarchy and glee David Yow shared with the crowd came across as a birthing moment of joy.
    — Seth Dodson, Pitchfork, 6 May 2024
  • The puzzle-maker risks coming across as better, smarter, and more clever than the rest of us.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024

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