How to Use come by in a Sentence

come by

verb

• The Raiders’ four losses each have come by six or fewer points.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 30 Oct. 2022
• 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
• All five of their losses have come by a margin between six and eight points, i.e. a touchdown.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2022
• And these stories are still hard to come by and extremely important.
  — Saraciea J. Fennell, refinery29.com, 3 Sep. 2024
• The man who wants to make a Grand Slam is going to find a trophy bighorn tougher and tougher to come by.
  — Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2024
• Yet, with work hard to come by, the trio planned to try their luck in Chicago, another city that has been taking in migrants.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2022
• The yards haven’t been easy to come by lately for Nebraska’s Anthony Grant.
  — Eric Olson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• Sleep has been difficult to come by, thanks to late nights at the Auburn athletics complex putting together gameplans and trying to put out fires left and right.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 7 Nov. 2022
• Some medical facilities have been destroyed, and health care supplies and personnel are difficult to come by.
  — Byerin Prater, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2022
• And what is even available these days, with physical copies of movies and TV series increasingly more difficult to come by?
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
• Malls can provide ample space for luxury brands to create flagship stores with larger footprints — something that is often hard to come by in urban corridors.
  — Kristin Mueller, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
• That means that sweeping deals between governments are expected to be harder to come by, as discussions over financing clean-energy and climate-adaptation projects come to the forefront.
  — Timothy Puko, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Tickets for the World Cup are hard to come by in Doha, but not so hard.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2022
• Since Democrats haven't won statewide office in over a decade, big donors are hard to come by.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 July 2024
• Change, though, would have to come by way of compromise.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2024
• Storage can be tough to come by in small apartments or homes packed to the brink with toys.
  — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 12 Dec. 2022
• But with minutes hard to come by, the time in the G-League became vital, Christie said.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Those, in these next few years, may be harder and harder to come by.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
• As a result, its fossils are much harder to come by in the area.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
• The entire menu is gluten-and dairy-free and reservations are hard to come by.
  — Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2022
• Seats in the Royal Box are highly sought after — and hard to come by.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• But for now, answers have been hard to come by for those living closest to the fire.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 17 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024