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Example sentences for "came round"

  • He never knew a family where things 'came round' so.

  • At half-past five the Park Lane footman came round to say: Mrs. Forsyte was very sorry, but one of the horses was coughing!

  • As I came round I heard him in the Square.

  • But when after a while I came round to Preston again, I found him in a rage.

  • We came round, last of all, to Preston's couch again; and the doctor paused.

  • Doctor," said Preston when we came round to him, "won't you send away Miss Randolph out of a place that she is not fit for?

  • An ironmonger had fixed my plate on to the railings for half-a-crown the evening before, and there it was, glittering in the sun, when I came round.

  • They were all three at breakfast when I came round, the general, Mrs. La Force, and the daughter.

  • Next morning I came round to my house--MY house, my boy!

  • Why do you think I came round to see you to-day?

  • All at once, he came round in his usual manner.

  • Probably Jukie had to cut some of it the evening he came round to Gough Square.

  • But on that first morning, when he came round to see me, we somehow succeeded in diddling one another, because we were each so anxious to shield the other and hush it all up.

  • When I came round my head was bandaged up, and I was in quite a decent little room, lying on a couch, with Mr. Ivan Abramovitch sitting opposite to me.

  • He came round before I left him, and I told him my name, and he gave me five hundred dollars, telling me to look to him if ever I was in trouble.

  • When he came round he was lying on a couch with his injured face and shoulder neatly bandaged.

  • Fortunately, I was just ready to step into the carriage when it came round, and thus escaped an expression of censure from the coachman, who drove off quickly towards Culbut.

  • Indeed, it was more than time, as I found when I went upstairs, and was greeted by Lord Arthur with the remark that if I wasn't in the hall ready for the carriage when it came round I should hear about it.

  • Overjoyed, they placed him upon the bed, and towards the middle of the night he came round; but a drop of bitterness was mingled in his parents' cup when they found that his reason had fled.

  • Now he really had been dead for seven days; and when he came round thus, he immediately asked for A-lien, which was the name of his favourite wife.

  • He was then beaten till he fainted; yet when he came round he still stuck to what he had said.

  • He came round after we had poured about half a bottle of neat whisky down his throat, and piled a dozen blankets on top of him before a roaring fire; but I have come to the conclusion since that it was rather a silly joke to play.

  • When I had finished, George Barclay, who was then my agent, and who chanced to be in front, came round on purpose to congratulate me.

  • The pill went along with the current of air, and presently there was a gurgle in his throat, and he came round.

  • I lay there about four hours in a semi-conscious state, and when I came round I found I had buried my head in the mud trying to get out of the way of the shells: A Lance-Corporal of Hussars.

  • Of course I went down for the count, and when I came round I found I had stopped a stray shot with my left foot, so I had to lie among the German dead until it became dark.

  • When he came round he said to his pals, “Where is the blighter?

  • When I got there I must have fainted, for when I came round it was just getting light.

  • When I came round I was in the green room, and a little later, amongst those who came to see me, was Irving himself.

  • Lieutenant X came round to see me in a terrible state.

  • The Prince came to the theatre frequently during our stay, and one night he came round to our dressing-room, where once more one fell irresistibly under the spell of his lovable and attractive personality.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "came round" 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:
    became highly; came aboard; came abreast; came across; came again; came along; came around; came down from heaven; came first; came here; came home; came nearer; came nigh; came over; came round; came running; came through; came together; camera obscura; easy circumstances; field sports; five eggs; military despotism; must bring; short laugh; table linen