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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After the birth, the dads stayed nearby for a week.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
In addition, there is a CT Transit bus stop nearby on Kitts Lane, and other multifamily developments are along Crown Ridge Road and Cyprus Road nearby.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Bengals safety Geno Stone yelled at Colts reporters who were standing nearby.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2025
At least several of the teens then attacked him, police said, until officers patrolling nearby intervened.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
In addition, there is a CT Transit bus stop nearby on Kitts Lane, and other multifamily developments are along Crown Ridge Road and Cyprus Road nearby.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2025
Bengals safety Geno Stone yelled at Colts reporters who were standing nearby.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2025
At least several of the teens then attacked him, police said, until officers patrolling nearby intervened.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 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 21 Aug. 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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