How to Use come by in a Sentence

come by

verb

• 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
• That ended an eight-play, 32-yard drive on a day yards were tough to come by.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2023
• Change, though, would have to come by way of compromise.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2024
• 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
• 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
• News of the union initially came by way of the newlyweds’ dog, Lil Man Lukas.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Baskets were tough to come by for both teams throughout the 32 minutes.
  — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
• Feinstein’s daughter, Katherine, came by in the evening and stayed the night.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Clean water was already hard to come by in Gaza before the war.
  — Daniel Wolfe, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Undeterred, Smoak kept coming by the store to ask about the reptile and was able to talk the price down.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2024
• Quiet time Shots were hard to come by for the Coyotes in the first two periods with just 11.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• Ticks like to hang out on the edges of greenery, where animals and people tend to come by.
  — Colleen Stinchcombe, SELF, 2 Aug. 2023
• In recent months, bottles of Chartreuse have been hard to come by.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
• Wins are hard to come by in the Big 12, and like head coach Scott Drew said on Friday, road wins are even harder.
  — Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2023
• Leki High-Performance Gloves A good pair of gloves is hard to come by.
  — Will McGough, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Wait lists are long and information can be hard to come by.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• From roses to pencils, eggs to cookies, some things come by the dozen.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2023
• Long Reach has excelled in close games throughout the year with five wins coming by six points or less.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
• One of our favorite deals is certainly for the PS5 since those discounts are so rare to come by.
  — Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
• The jump shots that were falling so easily for GCU have been harder to come by.
  — Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
• Princess Madeleine also made a cameo, helping the kids with the setup, before staff came by to light up the dozens of candles on the cake.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
• Policemen would come by and John would grease their palms.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
• Rentals of less than a year are hard to come by, and rentals of less than 30 days are legally problematic.
  — Joanne Kaufman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• On the evening of Sept. 14, Ms. Hodge was on a break when a union representative came by telling workers to leave.
  — Neal E. Boudette Nic Antaya, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• If relief doesn’t come by then, some places will need to start bracing for impact.
  — Dylan Baddour, WIRED, 27 Jan. 2024
• Then the waiter comes by with…oh God, is that an in-house sommelier?
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024