How to Use come about in a Sentence

come about

verb
  • And how did the show come about?
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 18 Apr. 2026
  • How did the peace prize come about?
    — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Tell us how the film first came about.
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s how the whole thing came about.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 20 Apr. 2026
  • That should come about two years from now.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But how did this chat with her come about?
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 9 Dec. 2025
  • How did the idea for the show first come about?
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
  • Talk to me about why, how that change came about.
    — March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • That’s kind of the way the whole thing came about.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But names at the zoo come about in all sorts of ways.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 8 May 2026
  • How did the reunion come about?
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • So, how did the series come about?
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
  • How does something like that come about?
    — Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • How did this golden age come about?
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • Here is how the idea for checks came about and where things stand now.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025
  • How did that collab come about?
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2025
  • How did that collab come about?
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • How did this memoir come about?
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • How did that creative shift come about?
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • How did the idea of the podcast come about?
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Mar. 2026
  • How did the creation of the coin come about?
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • How did the idea to remake this movie come about?
    — William Earl, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Because that’s how cures come about.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
  • His dad's best friend was one of the friends who helped the coop come about.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • The show gave fans a look into how this team change came about.
    — Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • How did the project come about — who approached who for the doc?
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 May 2025
  • This idea didn’t just come about in 2025.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That shift has come about thanks in no small part to state support.
    — Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
  • How did Electra's cameo come about?
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Because that’s when Bad comes about.
    — Kia D. Goosby, Vanity Fair, 25 Apr. 2026

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