CAME in a Sentence

Learn CAME from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for CAME, such as:
1. She came up gulping for air.
2. Why they came east I don't know.
3. She came alongside to give me a book.
4. And then came that disconcerting ride.
5. I came here specially to ask you a question.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CAME
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  It came from the room into which Elizabeth had retired.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  But again the frost came and made the paths of the sea secure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  Why they came east I don't know.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  When we came in she held us silent for a moment with a lifted hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  "I thought you might be here," she responded absently as I came up.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  All these people came to Gatsby's house in the summer.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  And then came that disconcerting ride.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  The dilatory limousine came rolling up the drive.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  My commutation ticket came back to me with a dark stain from his hand.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
11  When sunshine came again, she was not there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
12  I then paused, and a cold shivering came over me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  That final word came forth with the minister's expiring breath.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
14  No letter from Willoughby came; and none seemed expected by Marianne.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
15  His card was on the table when they came in from the morning's drive.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Strangely enough, when it came to the exam I actually felt quite relaxed.
2  I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
3  A team of African bearers came with us on safari.
4  He came in panting after running up the steps.
5  After her death, it came out that she'd lied about her age.
6  The announcement came in a bald statement from the official news agency.
7  He came on board in the late Sixties and spent two decades with the agency.
8  His advancement to major came two years ago.
9  Abruptly the group ahead of us came to a standstill.
10  She came alongside to give me a book.
11  The balloon descended gradually as the air came out.
12  She came up gulping for air.
13  There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
14  The family you came from isn't as important as the family you are going to have.
15  I came here specially to ask you a question.