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The newspaper's forecast that the Democrats would be totally beaten in the general election came true.

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 Meanings and Examples of CAME
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
came
 v.  past tense of COME
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  It came from the room into which Elizabeth had retired.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  But again the frost came and made the paths of the sea secure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  Why they came east I don't know.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  When we came in she held us silent for a moment with a lifted hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  "I thought you might be here," she responded absently as I came up.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  All these people came to Gatsby's house in the summer.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  And then came that disconcerting ride.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  My commutation ticket came back to me with a dark stain from his hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  When sunshine came again, she was not there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
12  I then paused, and a cold shivering came over me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  That final word came forth with the minister's expiring breath.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
14  No letter from Willoughby came; and none seemed expected by Marianne.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
15  His card was on the table when they came in from the morning's drive.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  The audience warmly applauded when the performance came to the end.
17  They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field.
18  The Roman Empire came under severe pressure from the barbarians across the Rhine.
19  From across the town came the rattle of machine-gun fire.
20  I came across a group of children playing.
21  Beautiful music came floating out of the window.
22  She came top in the exams.
23  Two miles further on we came to a small town.
24  The tractor came up the track in a cloud of dust.
25  The snow soon melted away when the sun came out.
26  They had to endure a long wait before the case came to trial.
27  The newspaper's forecast that the Democrats would be totally beaten in the general election came true.
28  The boss came back from holiday all relaxed and smiling, but now he's reverting to type.
29  He came to see me on/under the pretext of asking my advice when he really wanted to borrow money.
30  The child remained under the table in a temper until his father came home.