comes along

present tense third-person singular of come along

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of comes along Yeah, if the right thing comes along, because scoring can get intense with the changes and the edits and making the director happy. Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025 Every once in a while—not never, decidedly not never—an Nvidia comes along. Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 The panelists discussed the risk that comes along with having many different policies both across the United States and around the world. Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 Better than the book being an idyllic sartorial moodboard, however, is the storytelling from Lennox that comes along with it. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025 The strategies in this article aren’t just about avoiding risk—they’re about helping your business stay flexible and ready to move when the right opportunity comes along. Joe Camberato, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 And typically, through the years, there’s been this lack of treatment, this lack of even saying the word, this taboo that comes along with it. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 16 Sep. 2025 If all that is a little too cerebral, viewers can wait out the pontificating until the next performance comes along. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025 Then something comes along to spoil the picture. A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes along
Verb
  • San Francisco will have a chance to be even scarier in the NFC if the roster can start to heal up as the season progresses.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Malcolm is only getting drunker and more sullen as the reception progresses.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Milwaukee does the little things, and is opportunistic and fundamentally sound.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • So does Stagier Bar, with creations like dumplings filled with lomo saltado, a Peruvian dish of sautéed beef that hints at the chef Joel Baeza’s Latin American roots.
    Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Slots are now something that people play in groups — and there's a lot of hooting and hollering that goes along with it.
    Ashley J. DiMella , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • It was announced last month that ticket sales from the visit of Israel would go to a humanitarian cause helping Palestinian people, and it was subsequently confirmed by the NFF that proceeds would be handed over to Doctors Without Borders, a non-governmental organisation working in Gaza.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But if progress in robotics proceeds anywhere close to the speed of the wider AI industry, that wide distance may nevertheless be traversed in a short space of time.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The discussion comes amid a huge surge in spending on data-center infrastructure.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • His death comes shortly after a report from the chief inspector of prisons highlighted a sharp rise in violence at HMP Wakefield, according to the BBC.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When one of her group members is murdered before her eyes and another’s plea for help goes unanswered, Laura is driven to act.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, the Peacemaker season two finale goes a few scenes further.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • President Donald Trump‘s deployments of the National Guard to protect federal officials and assets in California, Oregon, and Illinois have faced several lawsuits and a variety of rulings as the issue marches through federal courts.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Hurricanes score on opening drive Miami marches down the field on its opening drive, with Carson Beck’s 8-yard pass to freshman and former West Broward standout Josh Moore resulting in a touchdown.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bernie also gets along well with other dogs.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone gets along really well.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Comes along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20along. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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