How to Use comer in a Sentence

comer

noun
  • We're giving free T-shirts away to the first comers.
  • She's regarded as a comer in political circles.
  • But the up-and-comer nearly didn’t get the chance to take over at Columbine.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 28 June 2020
  • Word soon got around about the comer who could improvise with the best.
    Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Though breaking in up-and-comers proved to be too daunting.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Kate has since come around, supporting her up-and-comer kid from the front row and even on the runway.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • When the world started to change in mid-March, barbecue up-and-comer Joe Zavala saw a way through.
    Anna Caplan, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2020
  • At this time a year ago, Ohio State football guard Wyatt Davis was an up-and-comer.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 6 June 2020
  • Nobody in the blue-blooded echelon hand-picked him as the next up-and-comer.
    Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2021
  • Up-and-comer Iman Vellani plays the young hero in both the forthcoming series and The Marvels.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2022
  • Joining him in person, for the first time since filming, is the young up-and-comer Woody Norman.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The QBs will go head-to-head this Sunday in what promises to be a showdown of a current great against an up-and-comer.
    Adam Renuart, CNN, 20 Oct. 2019
  • The up and comer wore a sporty-but-classy Tag Heuer Monaco with a black dial while walking the red carpet.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This Trump fellow, Newhouse now said, was more than a comer.
    Peter Osnos, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2019
  • But the high price of child care for these up and comers threatens that economic supply line.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • There will be live interactive painting that’s open to all comers who want to leave their mark at the new space.
    Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The House runoff race shattered national fundraising records and put Ossoff on the map as an up-and-comer.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Kane, then an up-and-comer himself, was supposed to appear in her video, but a conflict arose.
    Terri Robertson, Country Living, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Did the young American up-and-comer pull a fast one against the planet’s top player? Scandal!
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But Sundance success has its perils and can put a target on an up-and-comer’s back.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 31 Jan. 2022
  • But agree with you, Suzy — good to see an up-and-comer recognized instead of the same veterans.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2022
  • In 2008, Lameloise passed the torch to then up-and-comer Eric Pras, who has kept its three-star rating going strong ever since.
    Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Mid-pandemic, the New York up-and-comer opted to move to the pre-season schedule to boost his sales and stand out from the Fashion Week crowds.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2022
  • What's less known about the up-and-comer is her relationship of two years with Scrubs star Zach Braff, who is 21 years her senior.
    Starr Savoy, ELLE, 5 Jan. 2022
  • As the hospital of last resort in a poor nation of 17 million, UTH treats all comers.
    Oliver Staley, Quartz Africa, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Lewis has good reason to believe that as someone who fought on network TV as an up-and-comer.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Recently, Wright offered up some thoughts about the state of jazz, her career and advice for up-and-comers.
    Greg Burnett, cleveland, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Maluma returned after the brief break provided by Wolfine with up-and-comer Blessd and duo Kapla y Miky, all of whom rode four-wheelers to the 360 stage.
    Luis Gomez, Billboard, 1 May 2022
  • The management set the mood for the grand opening and provided for a good means to see the village by holding a treasure hunt open to all comers.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • Get to know the Hollywood up-and-comer in Glamour's latest New Here column.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 8 July 2021

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