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Example sentences for "come forward"

  • An attempt has been made to get the Quakers to come forward with a petition, to aid with the weight of their body the feeble band of peace.

  • He turned and signaled another eunuch to come forward.

  • Ambassador Hawksworth, His Majesty commands you to come forward.

  • His Majesty orders the ambassador from England to come forward.

  • The prime minister examined it, broke the seal to extract the parchment, then gestured for Sarmento to come forward to translate.

  • Come forward, at least, and enjoy the good you have done!

  • Then, perceiving the pale and trembling sewing-girl, who did not dare to come forward, she stretched out her arms to her.

  • We are first assured that whoever denies this, shall have his name cancelled from the Book of life; and then we are called upon to come forward, and say plainly whether we believe it.

  • We have come forward boldly, and this is now the alleged reason why there is to be no debate at all before the church.

  • I the more regret it that I am not able to comply with your request to come forward.

  • Again, the stranger said he should be at liberty to come forward later, but he never has come.

  • The only other person to come forward was a farmer named Lockett, well known to us all.

  • I submitted the propriety of making a proper appeal to those whom they wished to come forward.

  • He was one of the Ranleigh boys, he was there, actually amongst them, and added to the enormity of his crime was the fact that he had failed to come forward.

  • Rawlings and Trendall, who were in that other car, who witnessed the accident I have referred to, and who disgracefully failed to come forward, those two will go at once to my room.

  • I beg that you ask him to come forward, and I ask also that you defer Clive Darrell's expulsion till we have had time to sift certain evidence.

  • Mr. Fowell Buxton attended this meeting, and, after having described the unparalleled distress and misery of the people, he made a most animated and feeling appeal to the humanity of the public, to come forward to relieve them.

  • Of those whose necessities made them go into it for a livelihood, I could not get one to come forward, without doing so much for him as would have amounted to bribery.

  • The second effect which I experienced was, that from this time I could never get any one to come forward as an evidence to serve the cause.

  • This circumstance occasioned Captain Smith to come forward.

  • The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take her away, or SHE WILL BE SOLD TO PAY HER JAIL FEES.

  • He then called aloud to Harry to come forward and be whipped.

  • The owner of said boy is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.

  • In either case, if you will allow me to express my opinion, this is the most eligible time for you to come forward.

  • Then he felt that now was the time for him to come forward, which he did, and as the others parted again to let Grand take her to a seat, they met face to face.

  • Fourthly, she spent some restless months in persuading herself that to admire must needs be to love, and she longed in vain to see him "come forward.

  • I come forward admiring, trusting, and preferring her to any other woman; though I cannot come as a lover to her feet.

  • Then if to prosper you desire, And wish to keep out of the fire, Nay, if you to be saints aspire, Come forward, and pay up your tithing.

  • This circumstance occasioned captain Smith to come forward.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "come forward" 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:
    beginning with; better understood; come about; come after; come alive; come along; come among; come around; come before; come down; come here; come hither; come home; come into; come now; come round; come through; come together; come true; come what; come where; comes back; comes down; little cove; rather soft; what dost