Examples of nearby in a Sentence
grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child
I'll be nearby if you need anything
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Citing court documents, Fox 5 reported that the children — aged 2, 4, and 5 — were discovered alone in a tent by police after a concerned camper set up nearby the family had noticed the children seemed to be left there unsupervised.
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Sunflowers nearby also affect the healthy growth of apple trees.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Fatu was shown laid out, bleeding from the mouth, with what appeared to be teeth scattered on the floor nearby.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, six-foot-tall brush is growing in undeveloped lots nearby.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
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Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Sunflowers nearby also affect the healthy growth of apple trees.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Fatu was shown laid out, bleeding from the mouth, with what appeared to be teeth scattered on the floor nearby.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, six-foot-tall brush is growing in undeveloped lots nearby.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nearby
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by
ni(ə)r-ˈbī 
ˈni(ə)r-ˌbī
: close at hand
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