came on

past tense of come on

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came on
Verb
  • Park staff, Buffalo National River Search and Rescue, Survival Flight and fire departments from Marshall and Harrison arrived on the scene.
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Adam Dullinger’s politicizing moment arrived in the mail one day last spring, in the form of a letter from the city’s Department of Safety and Inspections.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Same reason Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki – who has emerged as the Dodgers’ surprise solution at closer – brought his talents here.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly every duke and earl and baron in England was competing to build great rare book collections, and lots and lots of fake manuscripts emerged.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But one scholar, Anthony Grafton, who about thirty years ago published Forgers and Critics, focused on how in the early modern period, there was this enormous flourishing not only of culture but also of liars.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • There was a chill in the air, but for Liverpool’s midfielder, newly arrived from Spain, the real culture shock was what happened on the pitch.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The couples shared a landlord, a bachelor and fitness buff named Jocko who lived alone with his parrot, Pontius Pilate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tupac lived multiple rap existences.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Regardless, the focus on Neanderthals often ignores the dozens of other ancient hominin species that existed for hundreds of thousands of years in various parts of the planet.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This is really the beginning of my journey, before either Atlantics or Lamb existed.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Came on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20on. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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