COME in a Sentence

Learn COME from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for COME, such as:

1. To a boiling pot flies come not.
2. The cooling unit hasn 't come on yet.
3. I am come here to bespeak Fanny a seal.
4. Take your passion and make it come true.
5. We come next, to mere details of arrangement.

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 Meanings and Examples of COME
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
come
 v.  move toward something
 v.  reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Myrtle'll be hurt if you don't come up to the apartment.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  "We'll all come over to your next party, Mr. Gatsby," she suggested.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
3  "You come to supper with me," said the lady enthusiastically.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
4  "Well, you come," she urged, concentrating on Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
5  "Lots of people come who haven't been invited," she said suddenly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
6  "We've come straight from New York," I said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  A change had come over him and he spoke gravely, and with decision.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  It's better that the shock should all come at once.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  "I come across this book by accident," said the old man.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
10  If her heart chance to come uppermost, they vanish.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
11  And now this fateful interview had come to a close.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE
12  I am come here to bespeak Fanny a seal.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
13  The old walnut trees are all come down to make room for it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
14  Come now and then; come on your birthday.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
15  We come next, to mere details of arrangement.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  To a boiling pot flies come not.
17  The school's controversial methods have come under examination by the local authority.
18  Peace could come only gradually, in carefully measured steps.
19  I can't come out tonight - my dad won't let me.
20  Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
21  Mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce.
22  Many people come from the outlying/surrounding villages to work in the town.
23  May all of our wishes come true this Valentine's Day.
24  Take your passion and make it come true.
25  Don't try so hard,the best things come when you lease expect them to.
26  Swimming pools usually come under 'leisure centres' in the telephone directory.
27  She was upset that her husband had not come back.
28  The cooling unit hasn 't come on yet.
29  Go straight on until you come to a large white building.
30  Shutters usually come in pairs and are hung like doors on hinges.