COMING in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for COMING, such as:
1. It's the track of the coming storm.
2. You go ahead and tell him that I'm coming.
3. We perceived a little girl coming toward us.
4. He eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention.
5. The irate animal made for us, coming at a full jump.
2. You go ahead and tell him that I'm coming.
3. We perceived a little girl coming toward us.
4. He eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention.
5. The irate animal made for us, coming at a full jump.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of COMING
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coming
n. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
n. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But it was not only that the coming to his house of a bit of hopeful young life was like the lighting of a fire on a cold hearth.
2 Then a man's figure approached, coming so close to her that under their formless wrappings they seemed merged in one dim outline.
3 But purchasers were slow in coming, and while he waited for them Ethan learned the impossibility of transplanting her.
4 As he reached the door he met Zeena coming back into the room, her lips twitching with anger, a flush of excitement on her sallow face.
5 "That girl that's coming told me she was used to a house where they had a furnace," Zeena persisted with the same monotonous mildness.
6 Her companion, who was just coming back to the table with the remains of a cold mince-pie in a battered pie-dish, set down her unappetising burden without appearing to hear the accusation brought against her.
7 And, coming lightly up the steps, he had kissed her hand.
8 Gerald O'Hara was coming home across country and at top speed.
9 North Georgia's settlers were coming in from many different places, from other parts of Georgia, from the Carolinas and Virginia, from Europe and the North.
10 As the boards shuddered under her weight, the soliloquy she had been muttering in the front hall grew louder and louder, coming clearly to the ears of the family in the dining room.
11 You think it's riding a pretty horse and having the girls throw flowers at you and coming home a hero.
12 As she turned, she saw Charles coming into the house from the other end of the long hall.
13 She had not wanted him and she resented his coming and, now that he was here, it did not seem possible that he was hers, a part of her.
14 "No, not now," said Mrs. Meade, drawing him closer to her, a sudden look of strain coming over her face.
15 Southerners were as enthusiastic visitors as they were hosts, and there was nothing unusual in relatives coming to spend the Christmas holidays and remaining until July.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 You go ahead and tell him that I'm coming.
2 She'll be coming tonight, although I don't know exactly when.
3 The irate animal made for us, coming at a full jump.
4 Let's assume they're coming and make plans on that basis.
5 If you haven't heard by Friday, assume I'm not coming.
6 He eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention.
7 Drivers coming in the opposite direction swerved to avoid the bodies.
8 The things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.
9 The smoke signals from the central bank suggest further cuts are coming.
10 The leather of his left trainer was coming away from its rubber base.
11 Life, always coming up with and leave, miss is not a fault, I have missed, just let go.
12 If you change your mind about coming tonight, just give me a call.
13 The hunter had to feign death when he suddenly found out that a bear was coming toward him.
14 We perceived a little girl coming toward us.
15 It's the track of the coming storm.