came across (as)

past tense of come across (as)
as in seemed
to give the impression of being the law professor comes across as a bit of an ogre at first, but he's actually quite personable

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Verb
  • Something dim and unknowable seemed to be asking me to trust it.
    Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But the soft-spoken director rarely seemed to go out of his way to publicly confront the White House.
    Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Instead of following the typical format of a tour, Swift looked at it through a new lens and created something revolutionary.
    William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • As with any design period, there’s a massive range in how bathrooms looked in the 1960s.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 11 Dec. 2024
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  • Tazewell uses black in many different fabrications and leans into using a felting technique to depict the deeper story behind Erivo’s character.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The massive, winding fabric sculpture, stretching nearly 150 feet long, will be suspended from its roof, in all its crocheted, beaded, and felted glory, until October 31.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 June 2024
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“Came across (as).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20across%20%28as%29. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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