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Example sentences for "came suddenly"

  • Here the Nimr or hunting leopard, much feared by the Arabs, finds a retreat, and, beside the river, I came suddenly on a wolf prowling alone.

  • The next morning I came suddenly on a strange gentleman in the gallery.

  • Turning southward under the bank past the huddle of market-stalls, we came suddenly upon a sight that made us pause and wonder.

  • As Nick and I were running through the paddock we came suddenly upon Mr. Harry Riddle and a stout, swarthy gentleman standing together.

  • Journeying along, we came suddenly upon a place where the ground was covered with horses' tracks, which had been made since the rain, and indicated the immediate presence of Indians in our neighborhood.

  • Heated with the long march, he came suddenly upon a fine bold spring gushing from the rock, about ten feet above the river.

  • We were spinning away at about twelve miles an hour when, just as we were getting clear of the town, we came suddenly upon a covey of juvenile blackguards who were manufacturing dirt pies right in the centre of the road.

  • After skirting a thick wood for some distance, we came suddenly upon a small bleak desolate-looking common, near the centre of which stood the mill, which appeared in a somewhat dilapidated condition.

  • I came suddenly on a room in the greatest disorder, its tables and chairs piled high with newspapers and letters, its windows streaked with soot.

  • We had ridden through the Park for about three miles, and had just turned round the corner of a patch of jungle, when we came suddenly upon a large rogue elephant, who was standing in the open, facing us at about seventy yards.

  • Returning over the bushy trail I came suddenly upon--Louison!

  • We were walking slowly over a stretch of bare moss when, at a sharp turn, we came suddenly in sight of a huge bear that sat facing us.

  • It led through a grove, and following it, I came suddenly upon a big green mansion among the trees, with Doric pillars and a great portico where hammocks hung with soft cushions in them, and easy-chairs of old mahogany stood empty.

  • In one part of the shady path, we came suddenly on the corpse of a rebel deserter hanging from a tree; the blood trickling from a bullet hole in his forehead ran down his face and dropped on his toes.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another city; bath containing; came abreast; came along; came alongside; came away; came down; came forward; came here; came into; came near; came nigh; came over; came round; came straight; came suddenly; came the; came together; came towards; came west; camera obscura; didactic poetry; double star; freezing mixture; give attention; late been