VERB
- come into fashion; become fashionable
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take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
Jerry came in third in the Marathon -
to insert between other elements
She interjected clever remarks -
to come or go into
the boat entered an area of shallow marshes -
be received
News came in of the massacre in Rwanda
How To Use come in In A Sentence
- Cap Cities executives said they were hopeful approval would come in a couple of weeks.
- If they come in close and start getting a bit tasty, then they find I can hand it out too.
- Frankly I don't understand why most companies don't follow the same policy as franked income in the hands of shareholders is worth a lot more to them than huge piles of franking credits mouldering away in the company's balance sheet.
- There is an experiment, which seems to evince this venous absorption, which consists in the external application of a stimulus to the lips, as of vinegar, by which they become instantly pale; that is, the bibulous mouths of the veins by this stimulus are excited to absorb the blood faster, than it can be supplied by the usual arterial exertion. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
- Copper is known to be taken into solution as copper sulphate at the surface, and to be redeposited as chalcocite where these sulphate solutions come in contact with chalcopyrite or pyrite below. The Economic Aspect of Geology
- In wartime, heroes come into being in times of crisis; in peacetime, they come into existence by doing trifles in everyday life.
- These small exquisitely carved ivory figurines come in an almost limitless variety.
- Locked into declining industries and a shrinking public sector, unions have become ineffective. Times, Sunday Times
- Other handy bits and pieces like plasters, handkerchief, aftersun and a needle and thread can also come in handy, and don't take up too much room.
- Offensive junk mail, in particular that of an adult nature has become increasingly an issue to all of us onliners and site owners alike.
