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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
SENSE OF OBLIGATIONHENRY MAXWELL DEMPSEY (AKA HARRY HARRISON)Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHe reached forward and took her hands, and if Mrs. Vivian had come in she would have seen him kneeling at her daughter's feet.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESVicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThis wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLOne of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYThe policemen looked dull and heavy, as if never again would any one be criminal, and as if they had come to know it.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSNever was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANI am therefore quite sure I shall be content to await his father's consent, should it not come these many years.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThe Afghan was true to his salt, and their own retainers, who had come with them from Lucknow, remained steadfast at this crisis.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 15, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO COME AT
- advance
- approximate
- be comparable to
- be like
- bear
- belly up to
- border
- buzz
- catch up
- close in
- come
- come at
- come close
- compare with
- contact
- converge
- correspond to
- creep up
- draw near
- equal
- gain on
- go toward
- impend
- loom up
- match
- meet
- move in on
- move toward
- near
- progress
- reach
- resemble
- surround
- take after
- threaten
- verge upon
- advanced
- approximated
- bellied up to
- bordered
- bore
- buzzed
- came
- came at
- came close
- caught up
- close in
- compared with
- contacted
- converged
- corresponded to
- crept up
- drew near
- equalled
- gain on
- impended
- loomed up
- matched
- met
- moved in on
- moved toward
- neared
- progressed
- reached
- resembled
- surrounded
- threatened
- took after
- verged upon
- was comparable to
- was like
- went toward
- advances
- approximates
- bears
- bellies up to
- borders
- buzzes
- catches up
- close in
- comes
- comes at
- comes close
- compares with
- contacts
- converges
- corresponds to
- creeps up
- draws near
- equals
- gain on
- goes toward
- impends
- is comparable to
- is like
- looms up
- matches
- meets
- moves in on
- moves toward
- nears
- progresses
- reaches
- resembles
- surrounds
- takes after
- threatens
- verges upon
- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.