coming across
Example Sentences
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Even in the moments it falters, “Backrooms” is like someone coming across the cage we’ve been pacing around in, and pointing out that the bars were always big enough to slip through.
From Salon • May 30, 2026
How do you advocate for yourself without coming across as whiny or dragging a coworker into the conversation when they probably never intended to reveal their salary?
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Sweetly recreating Michael’s delicate speaking voice and his gentleness while avoiding coming across as too weird, Mr. Jackson is so charming that it’s easy to forget about Michael’s sins for two hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Watch any clip of any musician that takes your breath away and the part that’s coming across isn’t even the music in a lot of cases.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Like you were the Snowy Heron and you could feel that something was wrong but you weren’t sure, because you hadn’t seen the hunter with the gun coming across the horizontal yet.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
