come across

verb

1. preposition to meet or find by accident
2. adverb (of a person or his or her words) to communicate the intended meaning or impression
3. often foll by with to provide what is expected

Example Sentences

"My child does not belong in a building like that; every specialist that he has come across and even his psychiatrists have said he does not belong there."

From BBC

The women who spoke to the BBC all agreed he came across as warm, genuine and even a little vulnerable at first.

From BBC

Beans is never fazed by the challenge, but the characters can’t help but come across as flimsy masks.

From Los Angeles Times

What came across, very powerfully, was the immense pride the moderators had in the roles they had played in protecting the world from online harm.

From BBC

Ms Robinson came across her story while working as an archivist at Wickham Market Archives.

From BBC

Related Words

• bump into
• discover
• notice
• stumble upon
• uncover
• unearth