How to Use come along in a Sentence

come along

verb
  • Things get worse when Jamie comes along and spies Ian tied to a wagon.
    Lincee Ray, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Some day a public domain horror spinoff may come along that’s witty and inventive — good for more than just an excuse for drinking games.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In her grief for Grace, in order to fill that terrible hole in her heart, this man comes along and offers her protection and love and to shoulder the burden.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Be willing to say yes to opportunities and experiences that come along, regardless of your comfort level.
    Brian Slipka, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • And, as Howard said, the points just happened to come along the way.
    Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 10 Feb. 2023
  • So, proud of his progress, and the rest of the team has to keep coming along.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Then, around the same time, Jean Claude Van Damme came along.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Or was this just a case of the right project coming along?
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Her sister, the artist Phebe Mitchell Kendall, came along to sketch the eclipse.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • If someone comes along and tries to take you, tries to make you.
    Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Just keep putting in the effort and the heavier weights will come along.
    David Otey, Men's Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • How much longer until the next great thing comes along?
    Matthew Stern, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • There are artists that come along that feel like their hands reached out and take ours.
    Marc Malkin, Variety, 22 Nov. 2023
  • And the rage that comes along with that care is universal.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
  • But if there's a moment that comes along and the timing is right.
    Galen Druke, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • And when the boss comes along for some all-you-can-eat bites, odds are high that no food will fly.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The next time that virus comes along, the microbe can use those sequences to create the guide RNAs.
    Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The readiness with which both boys came along with me still astounds.
    Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But to have a funny movie come along that’s just fun to watch is such a relief.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Friends also ask me to come along with them to visit homes.
    Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • That kind of energy wasn’t there and then this guy came along.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
  • But sometimes a poll comes along and crystallizes one of the big ones.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
  • Tom came along, too, and started working out of a guesthouse in the back yard.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2023
  • And then Hip-Hop comes along and suddenly turns the table and gives us a voice.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 28 June 2024
  • Zoe [Saldaña] navigate that world and all of the stress that comes along with that.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 6 Dec. 2024
  • There were also the angels who came along at the right time to help us on this sojourn.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • In the ninth episode of the third season, Kourtney asks Kylie to do her makeup, and Khloé comes along to hang out.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 20 July 2023
  • But when the smartphone came along, snooze cruised into the future.
    Gwen Rockwood The Rockwood Files, arkansasonline.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • One of the best things about the start to a new year is all the planning, plotting, and daydreaming that comes along with it.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Then a guy like David Lee Roth comes along and his voice is different.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 28 July 2023

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