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How to use came across in a sentence

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It came across as something of a head scratcher, like a grouchy surfer getting territorial over an epic swell.
This morning, I came across an article, ironically, about the dead making noise and speaking!
But when we began to excavate the midden material outside the buildings we came across sherds of Unstan ware pottery.
I was digging around for a different pair and came across a mysterious shoebox.
Two weeks later, Erianne was cleaning out the small bag she carried with her everywhere when she came across a thin, black leather billfold.
I thought one had a white rump, and as I followed them around in my binocs, I came across a huge, very strange-looking bird.
She turned a few more pages until she came across some recipes for low fat treats.
Here the many details, such as decorative turns, came across with meaning and heartfelt expression.
Her eye's started to twinkle with curiosity when she came across a black door.
Believe it or not, I first came across Omo Plata as a finishing hold in Indonesian Silat.
Ingram came across as slightly confused, far from comfortable with his answers, and indeed, guilty as sin.
The only thing is Melissa came across me via this blog rather than from within Myspace itself, but I friended her anyway because she seems nice.
But, skimming through it, I came across a quote that really caught my eye, from the wife of a soldier.
A piece of York's murky past emerged from the depths, when workers on the Ouse came across an old barrow in the river.
She came across the stage with a marvellous slouch, has poise, panache, posture, studied clothes and high beauty.
While browsing through my spam this weekend I came across the quintessential proof that perhaps there is a sucker born every minute.
We were in Sutherland and we'd planned to end up in a bothy for the night, but we came across a river.
Sure she came across as a bit wacky, and a bit all over the place at times.
In this brightly pointed account, the new piano part came across as fresh and distinct.
While sorting through old photographs at my mother's house one Christmas, I came across a photograph that was to haunt me for years.
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Mrs. Wilkins, of all the aggravating women I ever came across, you are the worst.
Catherine turned from her switch plate and came across the floor with her face lifted and her lips parted.
This man was perhaps, on the whole, the best specimen physically of a Nicobarese that we came across.
Further back in the mountains I came across some fine species of phalaenopsis.
But when I sat up and looked about me the desire faded, and rummaging in my bag I came across my tin whistle.
The mailbag came across this afternoon when we were sitting at the Teng, never thinking!
What we came across chiefly were stones fallen from the sides of the talayot woven together by a network of roots.
There was always lots of trench mortar fighting here, and we had orders to send over six shells for every one that came across.
Driving to Agra, we came across another herd of deer, and got the best buck almost within a hundred yards of the trunk road.
And after they had gone for many miles, they came across Little Miss Muffet who sat on a tuffet.
Once afterward, when lost on the plains for a day, I came across a Beaver Dam.
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