come upon

Example Sentences

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“It is from contrary opinions,” Mr. Brown writes, “that we often come upon insight, balance, and unexpected perspective.”

From The Wall Street Journal

So many people talk about how you wait for inspiration to come upon you: You wake up on a sunny day, you open the window and you’re like, “Oh, my God, I got it!”

From Los Angeles Times

At the same time we were exploring what we were going to do with the OGs, we came upon an exciting new group at SUR.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that he has "an awful lot of sympathy for the staff members who would have had to come upon that scene and how distressing that must have been".

From BBC

CHP officers responding to the crash came upon the damaged silver Hyundai sports utility vehicle in a business parking lot, northwest of the intersection.

From Los Angeles Times