come upon

phrase

: to meet or find by chance : come across

came upon an old friend

Examples of come upon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When Powers — posting as Falk — came upon the Crystal River Learning Academy’s Facebook page and saw people from the community liking the page and supporting Salute, she was stunned. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 16 July 2026

The reader who reaches the epilogue and comes upon the girl with the scar is meant to recognize her. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

In that procedure, surgeons had incidentally come upon another worm, which was 18 cm (7 inches). — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026

All that intense drama unfolded after Balogun’s ejection, which came upon a replay review (Video Assistant Referee). — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

Rhymes for come upon

• agamemnon
• automaton
• diencephalon
• panopticon
• phenomenon
• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon