How to Use comer in a Sentence

comer

noun
Definition of comernext
Synonyms for comernext
  • And new comer Forky, yes a customized spork, is arriving in many forms.
    — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 14 June 2019
  • The same could be said about the quarterbacks: an up-and-comer in Jared Goff vs. Brees.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2019
  • Most unicorns have filled the role, leaving the swelling ranks of up-and-comers to battle for a smaller pool of candidates.
    — Ezequiel Minaya, WSJ, 24 May 2019
  • But one new up-and-comer, Castle & Key is a youngster in the spirits business.
    — Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful, 3 May 2019
  • The crowd was a heady mix of colleagues, clients and friends who ran the gamut from fresh-faced décor up and comers to the last vestiges of the Swifty’s set.
    — Steven Stolman, Town & Country, 23 Jan. 2019
  • Three startups that didn’t last illustrate the range of complications lurking for DTC up-and-comers.
    — Nat Ives, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2019
  • Television cameras watch the corridor and the comers, look into the barracks and the exercise yards; the entire camp is under constant electronic surveillance.
    — Earl Shorris, Harper's magazine, 24 June 2019
  • But the up-and-comer nearly didn’t get the chance to take over at Columbine.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 28 June 2020
  • Through three rounds, Lashley has held the lead and held off all comers.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2019
  • Word soon got around about the comer who could improvise with the best.
    — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The up-and-comer was unable to put her opponent on the mat.
    — Steven Marrocco, MMA Junkie, 28 July 2019
  • Though breaking in up-and-comers proved to be too daunting.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Kate has since come around, supporting her up-and-comer kid from the front row and even on the runway.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Stage openers tend to be up-and-comers who can at least headline clubs in their own right.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2019
  • When the world started to change in mid-March, barbecue up-and-comer Joe Zavala saw a way through.
    — Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
  • At this time a year ago, Ohio State football guard Wyatt Davis was an up-and-comer.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 June 2020
  • The name had taken root in my brain and defeated all comers.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Nobody in the blue-blooded echelon hand-picked him as the next up-and-comer.
    — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Up-and-comer Iman Vellani plays the young hero in both the forthcoming series and The Marvels.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2022
  • Joining him in person, for the first time since filming, is the young up-and-comer Woody Norman.
    — Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The QBs will go head-to-head this Sunday in what promises to be a showdown of a current great against an up-and-comer.
    — Adam Renuart, CNN, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The up and comer wore a sporty-but-classy Tag Heuer Monaco with a black dial while walking the red carpet.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This Trump fellow, Newhouse now said, was more than a comer.
    — Peter Osnos, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2019
  • But the high price of child care for these up and comers threatens that economic supply line.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • There’s always one in progress in the reading room, open to all comers, and on chilly days, the librarians light the fireplace.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • There will be live interactive painting that’s open to all comers who want to leave their mark at the new space.
    — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The House runoff race shattered national fundraising records and put Ossoff on the map as an up-and-comer.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Kane, then an up-and-comer himself, was supposed to appear in her video, but a conflict arose.
    — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Did the young American up-and-comer pull a fast one against the planet’s top player? Scandal!
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But Sundance success has its perils and can put a target on an up-and-comer’s back.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022

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