How to Use come from in a Sentence

come from

phrasal verb
Definition of come fromnext
  • The thieves came from all walks of life and all corners of the globe.
    — Richard Lardner, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • And lots of the book comes from kind of finding out the answers.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The chefs estimate at least 80 percent of the menu comes from the state.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The mentorship that comes from Bailey is a huge piece of the show.
    — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The gunman came from behind and shot a 21-year-old man once in the left shoulder.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • The population of The Zone comes from all over the Valley.
    — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But where did that six-days-per-month figure come from?
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The bulk of the money came from a 17 percent bonus for reaching the Final Four.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But their clients are now coming from the other end of the spectrum, too.
    — Peter Guest, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Where did your love of sports come from? I was born with an interest in sports.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Keep in mind that most gun deaths in this country come from handguns.
    — Amanda Morris, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Many of the munitions used by both groups are believed to come from Tehran.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The bookings came in, and people who love dinosaurs came from all over the country.
    — Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
  • But the two albums that stood above the rest for me came from Blondshell and Boygenius.
    — Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Some of it comes from the sun; some arrives as cosmic rays from far greater distances.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The sloth bear’s name comes from the resemblance to the 3-toed sloth and their ability to hang upside down from tree limbs.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • That name came from a place of deep feelings and the emotional connection to my roots.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The next global pandemic could come from the United States.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • Two other pairs worth a look come from White Mountain: the Gracie sandal and the Hazy sandal.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • Given the politics around Israel, any change would have to come from Mr. Biden.
    — Edward Wong, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Instead, the name comes from the deep brown color of the pepper, which resembles the color of dark chocolate.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Everything comes from something else and was taught to you by someone else.
    — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Much of the marble comes from Turkey, selected by the owner.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Its name comes from the constellation Vela the Sails, which is seen mostly in the Southern Hemisphere.
    — Shamilee Vellu, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • All the coffee comes from Olympia Coffee, based in Olympia, Washington.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Christian's report says the bullet that wounded the trooper came from Paez Terán's gun.
    — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
  • David estimates that 60 percent of their business comes from out of town–and even from outside of Texas.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The first major clue of what happened to Christie Wilson came from surveillance video at the casino.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Of the 65 applications of the first round, 30 came from Maricopa County and half of them were for turf removal.
    — The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2023
  • The scenes in The Zone of Interest, showing her hiding apples in the mud, come from her first-person accounts.
    — Livia Paccariè, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024

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