How to Use come across in a Sentence

come across

verb
  • That is the one that ends up coming across cool.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Too many reminders can come across as pushy and hurt your chances.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • So how does Claire come across these powers?
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Hiltz broke the finish-line tape and a huge smile came across their face.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 July 2023
  • The team came across Kinney’s name.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • England’s three group games come across 11 days.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Maybe for some Bright’s comments come across as over the top.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Some models come across as calm and useful.
    — Tamilla Triantoro, The Conversation, 13 Apr. 2026
  • O’Leary doesn’t care about how that statement comes across.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • And so, that really comes across in that first episode.
    — Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Saunders comes across as someone easy to root for.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • That’s going to come across as at least a little tone deaf.
    — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Rarely does a reader come across a work that manages to be both.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And Aldean came across as being cooled-off in more ways than one.
    — Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The nature of my songs comes across well in a venue that isn’t giant.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Like, there’s this little sort of glimmer that comes across his face.
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 19 Jan. 2025
  • She was stunned when the news of his death came across her social media.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Inside, the horse theme almost comes across as a fetish, at least for me.
    — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025
  • That comes across in the performance.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2026
  • That comes across in your songwriting.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Wendy had come across one of Neikart's many posts on Facebook.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
  • How did your character Sylvie come across on the page?
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Years later, Kith somehow came across my blog post.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 9 June 2026
  • Lyle came across as the perfect son who was always polite.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • Momo comes across more like a concept than a person.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But on the whole, the show comes across as too pleased with itself, and/or too eager to please.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Three brave moderate Democrats have come across the aisle.
    — ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • And many of the more direct attempts to fight Trump come across as stale.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Blogs were posting me, and that’s how Mustard came across my page.
    — Jamila Mustafa, VIBE.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • At times, the movie could come across as strange and overly eccentric.
    — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 12 Feb. 2025

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