come by
verb
came by; come by; coming by; comes by
: to get possession of : acquire
a good job is hard to come by
: to make a visit
came by after dinner
Examples of come by in a Sentence
come by after work and I'll give you some clothes for the rummage sale
a literary award like that isn't easy to come by
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If intuition, patterns or past behavior may point to wrongdoing, but hard proof is hard to come by, narcissists lean on this fallacy to rewrite the narrative in their favor.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — The punchlines would be easy to come by, and the factoids that illuminate futility on an historic scale are easy to list.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Meanwhile, superstars are hard to come by, while depth players can be approached with trial, error and creativity.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Frost coach Ken Klee has talked all season about the need to have four lines contribute, and that proved to be the case in a series where goals were hard to come by.
—Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 27 May 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
Listen to this article NEW YORK — The punchlines would be easy to come by, and the factoids that illuminate futility on an historic scale are easy to list.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
Meanwhile, superstars are hard to come by, while depth players can be approached with trial, error and creativity.
—Murat Ates, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Frost coach Ken Klee has talked all season about the need to have four lines contribute, and that proved to be the case in a series where goals were hard to come by.
—Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for come by
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“Come by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20by. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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