come across
Example Sentences
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He can come across as a cheerleader for the tech industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
It says more than half of UK adults have come across potentially fraudulent ads online, with over a third seeing them often.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I feel like new grads are being coached to come across like they are playing it cool.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ms. O’Malley’s initially forthright Orla has come across as a career-driven professional whom Nell suspected of pushing Robin in directions he might not have wanted to go.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
It would lie about inside his blotter, and he would answer it weeks later, one Sunday morning in a hurry, before lunch, having come across it when he paid some bills.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
