How to Use come by in a Sentence

come by

verb

• Your girlfriend’s endless love and affection for you is something that is not easy to come by.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 6 July 2022
• During that time, reservations are required and can be booked online for free, but appear hard to come by.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
• Our good fortune has not come by spontaneous combustion.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• Information is not only hard to come by, but is also meted out with caution.
  — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
• What’s more, parts may become difficult, if not impossible to come by.
  — Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
• But the restrictions are making the products more expensive and even harder to come by.
  — New York Times, 15 July 2022
• For instance, home insurance policies in some of these markets are harder to come by, and tend to carry high price tags.
  — Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
• Unless Sharpe dazzles early on, extended minutes could be tough to come by.
  — oregonlive, 23 June 2022
• And now that the VC bubble is starting to burst and investment dollars aren’t quite as easy to come by, the pressure may mount.
  — Robert Lindner, Forbes, 7 July 2022
• At the time, the Gallaudet University alumnus was finding roles for deaf actors hard to come by.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
• In a town this intimate, where the community is just an extension of family, that trust is easier to come by.
  — Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
• While plenty of schools demonstrate an awareness of the need for greater effort in curbing climate change, discernible commitments are harder to come by.
  — Matt Symonds, Forbes, 6 July 2022
• The need for perfect aesthetics on social media sites has made individualism and realism hard to come by.
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Nov. 2024
• Later in the day, chefs from nearby restaurants would come by the shaded spot where Mr. Tibau mends his nets and buy the morning’s catch for about $175.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2022
• Beyond the very public shortcomings in the government’s vaccination efforts are the private struggles of the men infected with the disease who have found care hard to come by.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2022
• For that reason, original structures are currently harder to come by, compared with their more common counterparts like Cape Cods and colonials.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 22 June 2022
• No man’s land The Shuafat refugee camp has long been considered something of a no man’s land, an overcrowded urban island where nobody is in charge and even basic resources are hard to come by.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
• Over the last 24 hours, the magic has been hard to come by.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2023
• The problem is that the fuel is pricey and hard to come by.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023
• That and the fact that parking in the dense city is so hard to come by.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• Eight of the Chiefs’ 10 wins have come by a single score.
  — Chris Branch, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• Shirlee knew not to come by when Jane’s car was in the driveway.
  — Addie Citchens, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• These are things in our world right now that are very hard to come by.
  — Lorena O’Neil, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• And call you up and come by and still have sleepovers and things like that?
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
• And a stray rock star would come by every now and then.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 June 2024
• Wins may still be tough to come by, but the Browns will have to find a way in order to not waste the year.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
• For those who haven’t yet booked, flights and hotels may be hard to come by.
  — Allison Pohle, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022
• Four of their five wins have come by 5 points or fewer.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022
• That ended an eight-play, 32-yard drive on a day yards were tough to come by.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2023
• Power-play goals in the playoffs can be hard to come by at times.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024

Last Updated: 25 Dec 2024