How to Use come across in a Sentence

come across

verb

• Then, the script for The Substance came across her desk.
  — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 6 Jan. 2025
• Maybe for some Bright’s comments come across as over the top.
  — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 16 May 2025
• Hiltz broke the finish-line tape and a huge smile came across their face.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 July 2023
• On the other side of the fence, the Stewarts came across a large yellow tent.
  — Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
• Or even come across the Creature of the Black Lagoon fresh out of the water?
  — Samantha Neely, USA Today, 23 May 2025
• Or even come across the Creature of the Black Lagoon fresh out of the water?
  — Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
• The nature of my songs comes across well in a venue that isn’t giant.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2025
• But what Ralph and I had was something that came across on screen.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2025
• Fans renting the AirBnb may come across stars walking the grounds.
  — Bryan West, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
• Meeting up with Mark and Dylan, the group comes across a TV on a cliff.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
• But on the whole, the show comes across as too pleased with itself, and/or too eager to please.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023
• Wendy had come across one of Neikart's many posts on Facebook.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
• In the search for a new, safe home, the wayward band comes across a group of neohumans.
  — Kayti Burt, TIME, 19 July 2024
• For the most part, though, that comes across as an outlier.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
• Some of them are coming across the region to descend on places like the Navy Yard.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• For one thing, there are just more people coming across the bridges and through the tunnels.
  — Jordyn Holman John Taggart, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• Once, in grade school, Frank and I came across a small shark caught by a fisherman with a rod and reel.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Your tone comes across in all of your formats with others.
  — Joyce E. A. Russell, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• But there’s also a world where the funnier something is, the more the ideas will come across to people.
  — Jeff Wise, Vulture, 26 May 2025
• Just like seeing the moment, came across the middle and saw nothing but the end zone.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
• The green, yellow, and blue on the right side of the image have puzzled me and many players that have come across it.
  — Saniya Ahmed, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023
• By the standards of the day, that may come across as a radical statement.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
• While many leather watch straps can come across as rustic and chunky or padded and plush, the Quince is neither.
  — Tim Barribeau, wsj.com, 27 Oct. 2023
• And, sure, the winning run only came across to score by way of an Oakland wild pitch.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 10 Sep. 2023
• Like, there’s this little sort of glimmer that comes across his face.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 19 Jan. 2025
• Lyle came across as the perfect son who was always polite.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
• These don’t have to be (or come across as) accusations.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
• First, a family friend came across the country and moved into their home for two months to help care for their baby.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
• England’s three group games come across 11 days.
  — Art De Roché, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• Years later, Kith somehow came across my blog post.
  — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 9 June 2026