come by
verb
came by; come by; coming by; comes by
: to get possession of : acquire
a good job is hard to come by
: to make a visit
came by after dinner
Examples of come by in a Sentence
come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale
a literary award like that isn't easy to come by
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And as much as the original discovery of the card came by chance, the card’s sale to Harris felt just as improbable.
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Larry Holder, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Recent ups and downs Wins have been hard to come by for Florida Democrats.
—Siena Duncan, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Whatever held the Baileys together, whatever kept them alive, was stranger and plainer than love, harder to come by, and even harder to explain.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Pagans come by the thousands to Stonehenge, the prehistoric ruins of a monument built between approximately 3100 and 1600 BC.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Larry Holder, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Recent ups and downs Wins have been hard to come by for Florida Democrats.
—Siena Duncan, Miami Herald, 22 June 2025
Whatever held the Baileys together, whatever kept them alive, was stranger and plainer than love, harder to come by, and even harder to explain.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Pagans come by the thousands to Stonehenge, the prehistoric ruins of a monument built between approximately 3100 and 1600 BC.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for come by
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“Come by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20by. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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