come across
verb
came across; come across; coming across; comes across
1
: to give over or furnish something demanded
especially
: to pay over money
2
: to produce an impression
comes across as a good speaker
Examples of come across in a Sentence
the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable
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Or even come across the Creature of the Black Lagoon fresh out of the water?
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Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The belief was that an alien being in outer space would come across the Voyager, be curious about what civilization sent out the spacecraft, and then play the phonograph.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
What a treat to come across a musical that recognizes just how extraordinary the ordinary can be.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
The result is a country that comes across to others as at once boastful about its growing power and prickly about criticism of its human-rights record.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
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Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
The belief was that an alien being in outer space would come across the Voyager, be curious about what civilization sent out the spacecraft, and then play the phonograph.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
What a treat to come across a musical that recognizes just how extraordinary the ordinary can be.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
The result is a country that comes across to others as at once boastful about its growing power and prickly about criticism of its human-rights record.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for come across
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“Come across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20across. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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