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Example sentences for "came near"

  • George Washington, Esquire, was of the gentlefolk, and he came near being a King.

  • I was love-sick for you, and you were so stupid, I came near it then.

  • We came near making a carom sometimes, but not the one we were trying to make.

  • We came near going to Geneva, but have concluded to return to Marseilles and go up through Italy from Genoa.

  • And, spitting, he came near to venting some expression which would scarcely have been becoming in the presence of his wife.

  • And in his efforts to force upon Chichikov what he termed his "baisers" he came near to measuring his length upon the floor.

  • Half-dressed, he subsided into a chair, threw back his head, and guffawed until he came near to choking.

  • And he came near, but when he came it was no statue he found, but a maiden of flesh and blood, for he could see her tresses streaming in the breeze.

  • Guy thought he would have to kill the lion too, but as it came near it licked Guy's feet and fawned upon him, purring softly like a great pussy-cat.

  • As he came near, David saw that he was clad in a rough tunic of some dark stuff, which was girt up with a girdle at the waist.

  • His ravings were terrible; nothing could appease him but her presence; the moment he touched her hand or came near her, he was as gentle as they could wish.

  • Whenever he came near her, her reason would return, and she would appear the same as before.

  • Saval, who was coughing, came near to him.

  • I called him; he came near and I told him of my ill-luck.

  • This time he came near enough to touch, it.

  • Since he regarded himself as a gosling, he tried to live as they lived; when they swam in the lake he followed them until he came near drowning.

  • They were loath to be among the other beasts, and hissed and spat when one came near them.

  • And he had a right to say this, for he was blown down twice before he got to the house: once the wind swept him into a pool, which was so deep that he came near drowning.

  • Kept away from her from time to time as she passed towards our bow, and when we came near enough we showed her the United States colours.

  • As he came near to Macwha's shop, he had to pass a row of cottages which stood with their backs to a steep slope.

  • We made a rough sledge, and loaded it with provisions, and set out westward, and were carried westward at the same time on the floe, till we came near land.

  • And, when he came near it, it took the form of the grandest old lady he had ever seen--a white marble lady, sitting on a white marble throne.

  • At last a chief, carried by his warriors, came near.

  • When he came near a town the word ran like a forest fire, "It is Peter the Hermit.

  • The white mist grew very thick, but the firelight glow grew redder as we went on, and at last we came near enough to hear many voices plainly; but presently, when one shouted, we found that the tongue was not known to us.

  • And when we came near, we knew that the man had been slain.

  • I suppose that Kolgrim had answered many such curious folk already; for when he came near and we could hear what he was saying, I was fain to laugh, for, as sailors will, he was telling the landsman strange things.

  • At first I feared that he had been in some way slain because of his terror; but when I came near, I saw that his shoulders heaved as if he wept.

  • As he came near he had to use a stick to keep off the numerous Dogs.

  • The voices ceased as soon as he came near, to be gradually renewed in the pools he had left.

  • His valiant son, a somewhat smaller boy than either Yan or Sam, came near enough to the boundary to hurl opprobrious epithets.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "came near" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    beau sire; both fore; came aboard; came about; came abreast; came across; came along; came alongside; came and; came ashore; came down; came face; came forth; came from; came home; came nigh; came running; came straight; came suddenly; came thither; came towards; came vnto; dark spots; gladly would; more time; natural and revealed religion