come upon
Example Sentences
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As colossal as it appears in photographs, it is surprisingly small when you come upon it, tucked away in its wooded setting in the Albert Einstein Science Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
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 ● Dec. 16, 2025
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 ● Nov. 28, 2025
Keep in mind: These lessons can apply to almost anybody who has come upon a significant sum — say, through an inheritance or by selling a business.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2025
Her mother’s lips were parted slightly, as if she were calculating the answer to a math problem that had been in her head a long time but she had only just come upon the answer.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
