came off (as)

verb

past tense of come off (as)
as in seemed
to give the impression of being she is an intelligent debater, but she can sometimes come off as arrogant

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for came off (as)
  1. seemed
  2. looked
  3. felt
  4. sounded
Verb
  • The Jayhawks seemed to respond immediately cutting into that eight-point deficit.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • When Platner arrived, the place seemed haunted not only by American misconduct but also by Saddam Hussein’s use of it to imprison and abuse political dissidents during his reign.
    — Jasper Craven, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
Definition of seemed
Verb
  • Things slowly improved as drummers were encouraged at Arrowhead, but even a big turnout of 20,000 fans looked tiny in a stadium that could seat four times that number.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • But 69% of that came from unrealized paper gains on its stakes in SpaceX and Anthropic, not the core business, and Wall Street looked straight through it.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of looked
Verb
  • Villa felt Roma were leading the pursuit of Garnacho this summer, though Emery pushed to convince the player to move to the Midlands.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • An inaudible heartbeat reverberates through the space at a frequency below human hearing, producing vibrations that can be felt by those standing nearby.
    — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
Definition of felt
Verb
  • Saudi Arabia's civil defense said alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in both cities, but the kingdom didn't comment further.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Saudi Arabia’s civil defense said alerts sounded multiple times early Saturday in both cities, but the Kingdom hasn’t commented further.
    — Samy Magdy, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of sounded
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