How to Use come at in a Sentence

come at

verb
  • And that comes at a steep price.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The thing is, reach comes at a cost.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2026
  • Life by the shore comes at a cost, though.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • But all that progress came at a very high cost.
    — David Szondy may 02, New Atlas, 2 May 2026
  • Twelve of his points came at the free-throw line.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • But the success came at a cost.
    — Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 24 June 2026
  • And if those products come at a steal?
    — Jenny Berg, Glamour, 23 June 2026
  • The biggest lead change came at the end.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
  • But the attack will come at you via email.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • That one came at the perfect time.
    — Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
  • But speed cannot come at the expense of trust.
    — Muhammad Azeem, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • None of those came at Coors Field.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The game-changing play came at a cost, though.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Many times, doing the right thing comes at a cost.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2026
  • But these high-tech satellites come at a high risk.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • For Park, that shift came at just 15 years old.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 May 2026
  • And Kantemir’s movie came at the right time.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026
  • But the real wow moment comes at the end.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Life comes at you fast, and that could not be truer in the world of baseball.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The program comes at no cost to those who complete it.
    — Leondra Head, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • But this fidelity comes at a cost.
    — Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
  • None of it, Daly insists, comes at the cost of the stay.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The round-trip tickets are going to come at a hefty price.
    — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But the return to full-time pitching seems to have come at a cost.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The last goal came at the death, toward the end of stoppage time.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 June 2026
  • Two-thirds of the new routes have buses that come at least every half hour.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The Nolan call came at an anxious moment.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • All of these requests are expected to come at a cost.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The trial comes at a sensitive time for both sides.
    — Deepa Seetharaman, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But how much will that come at the expense of high school recruiting?
    — Grace Raynor, New York Times, 2 June 2026

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