come across

Example Sentences

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The court heard how She had split from her friends near High Road East before coming across a parked car in Picketts Road, which had the driver's door open and engine running.

From BBC

But the intensity of our rage can easily come across as self-righteous.

From The Wall Street Journal

So Théodore started an account on X, formerly known as Twitter, called "Insane AI Slop" and started calling out and poking fun at the content he came across that was fooling people.

From BBC

One by one, they scoured the city’s medical centers until they came across a medic who said they had seen the boy.

From The Wall Street Journal

For months now, she had been coming across dead creatures in the forest.

From Literature