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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Both local residents and Ozark's leaders are unfriendly to the idea of a massive prison nearby at all.
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Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
Though the town is certainly far removed from the hustle and bustle of London, my taxi driver was quick to point out that a number of celebrities live nearby, including the Beckhams, Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
At the scene, Salt Lake City police officers found 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa on the ground with a gunshot wound and an AR-15 style rifle nearby.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
But in time, two teen brothers who lived nearby, Thomas and Michael Skakel, were each considered as the possible killer, in part because the golf club used as the murder weapon belonged to a set owned by their family, and Thomas had been the last to see Moxley alive.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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Penny Weaver, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2025
Though the town is certainly far removed from the hustle and bustle of London, my taxi driver was quick to point out that a number of celebrities live nearby, including the Beckhams, Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
At the scene, Salt Lake City police officers found 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa on the ground with a gunshot wound and an AR-15 style rifle nearby.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
But in time, two teen brothers who lived nearby, Thomas and Michael Skakel, were each considered as the possible killer, in part because the golf club used as the murder weapon belonged to a set owned by their family, and Thomas had been the last to see Moxley alive.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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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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