How to Use come/crawl out of the woodwork in a Sentence

come/crawl out of the woodwork

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  • There could be even more that come out of the woodwork over the course of the season.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 May 2022
  • Chris: away well, and employers have come out of the woodwork yes.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 30 June 2022
  • If there's a problem, critics come out of the woodwork.
    — Namita Dhallan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Don't be surprised if people seem to come out of the woodwork to respond.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Maybe some of those crackpots have come out of the woodwork to bash this series on ratings sites.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 17 June 2022
  • In such cases, trademark squatters tend to come out of the woodwork.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Since our first story ran, a lot of people who have known Santos have come out of the woodwork.
    — Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • For Sombra to come out of the woodwork, Decay may need to take the reins on Overwatch’s cyborg ninja.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 2 July 2020
  • Worse yet, some are focused on all the problems that their windfall has brought them, as friends and family come out of the woodwork, expecting to share in the good fortune.
    — William Von Hippel, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2019
  • As open as Caudill is with her followers, the cost of sharing little pieces of her life online is that trolls and haters sometimes come out of the woodwork to comment on her videos.
    — Allure, 15 Apr. 2022
  • But eventually, a ruggedly handsome gentleman will come out of the woodwork and sweep her off her feet.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Since the Binance deal fell apart and FTX filed for bankruptcy, crypto startups have come out of the woodwork, disclosing that their entire treasuries were held on the exchange.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Recently, Tinder and Fortnite, among other developers, have come out of the woodwork to take on the market dynamics of the App Store.
    — Washington Post, 31 July 2020
  • Anyone, anywhere, can be your collaborator—and if your project is popular online, people can come out of the woodwork with fixes and new ideas.
    — Mike Pearl, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And with an ongoing investigation and potential trial, others involved in the conspiracy are bound to come out of the woodwork.
    — Liz Dufour, The Enquirer, 26 Oct. 2020
  • In these narratives, a common denominator is the idea that at any moment, government ‘thugs’ will come out of the woodwork and, essentially, throw everyone into cages.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • In fact, the lofty position Blanco occupies, acquired through inheritance rather than through his own efforts, leaves him vulnerable to strong opposition, which all come out of the woodwork simultaneously at the worst possible time.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 14 Dec. 2021

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