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• While the catcher might come across as boring, his skill and loyalty have him on a path to stardom.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• Some of them, like Dionne Warwick on Twitter, have mastered it — others can come across as cringe.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
• Or some members might not feel confident in what is the right way to come across as confident and how to shape the perfect profile.
  — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
• At candidate forums in the early stages of the runoff, Vallas, who has a short fuse, tried to come across as calm and reassuring, even chummy.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2023
• Jones, though, does not come across as someone in need of positive reinforcement.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022
• Your letter does not come across as being from someone ignorant.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
• The new interns are underdogs who come across as a modern, scrappier version of the original group.
  — Ashley Bissette Sumerel, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
• Freshly squeezed juice from lemons, limes, oranges and grapefruit is more complex and aromatic than the bottled stuff, which can come across as too one-note, whether that’s sharply acidic or overly sweet.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022
• Their emotions or interactions may also come across as fake or shallow.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 10 Nov. 2022
• For a sport that has long battled traditionalism in its effort to attract younger fans, these innovations may come across as avant-garde.
  — Noah Gittell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• Billy Eugene Jones plays both Rev and Pap, and the two come across as different kinds of preening tyrant: one supercilious and the other more aggressive yet both pumped up with machismo.
  — Vulture, 12 Apr. 2023
• Those postgame sessions sometimes come across as the equivalent of an upraised middle finger to his media inquisitors.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2022
• This can put a strain on your relationship, as your partner can come across as needy, demanding, or disrespectful of your personal space.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
• With its mix of jokes and strange anecdotes, Taylor Offer’s LinkedIn page doesn’t immediately come across as a place to get valuable career advice or deep business insights.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
• His brothers come across as colorful characters whose ribbing went a long way toward keeping Felton grounded.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2022
• In order for Nelly to come across as authentically as possible, Kalukango had quite a bit of input in her development.
  — Veronica Wells, Essence, 10 June 2022
• But comparisons like this tend to come across as simplistic and presumptuous – sometimes even insulting.
  — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• When considered in isolation, for example, a pull system for task assignment might come across as fiddly and eccentric.
  — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
• Winningly, the film employs a real black bear in the shooting—a reportedly placid creature made, via editing and music, to come across as properly terrifying.
  — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 31 Oct. 2022
• My mother—who fled the segregated South at sixteen, has no Southern accent, and seems downright Yankee in her industriousness and her bearing—does not come across as Southern.
  — Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• All the recognition might come across as cold comfort to Ms. Gibson, according to Michael Giangrande, whose father was an executive at the sporting goods store that provided her with free rackets.
  — Sally H. Jacobs, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022
• For many American viewers, their story will come across as an exuberant anti-colonialist tall tale.
  — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
• Dressed casually in blue jeans, without a belt, and a blazer with an American flag lapel pin, Mr. Dimon was quick to come across as a patriot and a savior who had swooped in yet again to help stabilize a flailing financial system.
  — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Someone with too much warmth and not enough competence can come across as friendly but not always impressive; heavy competence without much warmth is viewed as intelligent but cold and highly suspicious.
  — Amy Blaschka, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Such religiosity can come across as pious and performative when delivered from the pulpit.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Haley’s gift is to come across as a moderate while espousing immoderate views and surrounding herself with extremists.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2023
• This ageless sentimentality might come across as profound to naïve viewers who have grown accustomed to its repetition.
  — Armond White, National Review, 29 Mar. 2023
• And men’s anxiety and depression often come across as anger or irritability rather than worry and sadness, so conditions that can raise the risk of suicide can go undiagnosed and untreated.
  — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2022
• But more often than not, responses to questions—particularly those that may reflect on someone’s judgment, decisions, or intentions––come across as defensive.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• Being closeted at work could come across as being unfriendly or uninterested.
  — Karen Pavlin, Forbes, 11 July 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024