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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Open weekdays for lunch, Zee’s was well-known among downtown workers nearby.
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Michael Deeds
january 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
The three-bedroom home, built in 1926, is nearby the LA County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Farmer’s Market.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Perry, 41, and Bloom, 48, smiled in a group photo with cast members, with the Pirates of the Caribbean star kneeling as his daughter rested her head on his shoulder and his son crouched nearby.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Hikage, a kindergarten principal in Japan’s Akita prefecture, has been on patrol every day since bears were spotted nearby in October, setting off firecrackers and playing human voices with a radio to scare them away.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
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Michael Deeds
january 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Jan. 2026
The three-bedroom home, built in 1926, is nearby the LA County Museum of Art and the Los Angeles Farmer’s Market.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Perry, 41, and Bloom, 48, smiled in a group photo with cast members, with the Pirates of the Caribbean star kneeling as his daughter rested her head on his shoulder and his son crouched nearby.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
Hikage, a kindergarten principal in Japan’s Akita prefecture, has been on patrol every day since bears were spotted nearby in October, setting off firecrackers and playing human voices with a radio to scare them away.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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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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