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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In the snow nearby, a red flag signals who the kidnappers were.
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Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Automakers want to give drivers a hands-free way to access useful information, for example, about where to charge their electric vehicle nearby, how to get there, and whether there's a good place to eat on the way.
—Robert Ferris,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
The Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers have their confluence at or near Paducah, and nearby are two long lakes, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, with the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area situated between them.
—Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
Joe and Betsy Hester soughtshade nearby.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Automakers want to give drivers a hands-free way to access useful information, for example, about where to charge their electric vehicle nearby, how to get there, and whether there's a good place to eat on the way.
—Robert Ferris,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2026
The Ohio, Cumberland, and Tennessee rivers have their confluence at or near Paducah, and nearby are two long lakes, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley, with the Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area situated between them.
—Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
Joe and Betsy Hester soughtshade nearby.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 28 Apr. 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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