come to know

Example Sentences

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And what did Cottrill do to his face, which looks nothing like the moldering soon-to-be-octogenarian we’ve come to know so well?

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

"If they change themselves too much, they risk alienating the fans that have come to know and love them as they are."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Leading up to that, he was one of the earliest entrepreneurs to plant his flag in the basic cable realm with the Atlanta-based “superstation” we’d eventually come to know as TBS.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Thompson’s Benedict, whom “Bridgerton” viewers have come to know as the artistic, pansexual second-oldest son of the Bridgerton clan, has long shown disinterest in settling down or adhering to societal norms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

On the far side of the park were the Columbia University complex, Grant’s Tomb, and Riverside Church, all places I would come to know over the following years.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers