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Example sentences for "came about"

  • And so it came about that at night, when she kept her vigils, the arch enemy, not content with putting into the hearts of men the desire to slander and vilify the godly maiden, set himself to worry her, by extinguishing her candle.

  • But it came about as was foretold by the vision.

  • She also wished it might be in their power to supply the wants he came about.

  • Now one may wonder how it came about, that while so many accusations were laid against him in Judea during seven months before this time, he was not made acquainted with any of them.

  • Then it came about that Íkardlítuarssuk one evening began to call upon his helping spirits.

  • Thus it came about that Íkardlítuarssuk with the little brother won the new paddle as a reward.

  • In this way it came about that a great many of the inhabitants of the Roman Empire were Germans before the great invasions.

  • Francis was given the privilege of appointing the archbishops, bishops, and abbots, and in this way it came about that he and his successors had many rich offices to grant to their courtiers and favorites.

  • So it came about that we began to fear lest, perchance, as the skill in writing was less than it should be, the wisdom necessary to the understanding of the Holy Scriptures was also much less than was needful.

  • It may be so; and that in turn explains how it came about that I was so quick to realise the beauty of the fairest daughter of Manoa!

  • Thus it came about that in less than a week their preparations were all made, and the two, with Matava as guide, were ready to set out.

  • Thus it came about that as they had loved one another in life, so in death and in the grave they were not divided.

  • So it came about that on composition days the work took me four hours instead of two: but, even then, the two or four hours' work left me ten or twelve hours free each day.

  • So it came about that I regulated my walks by those of the keeper, and, save for the evil accusation of Bonapartism, all was for the best in the best possible of worlds.

  • So they talked long out loud, and at last it came about that he asked whether she were unmarried.

  • Some of them, too, went by way of Scoradale, and it came about at last that those twain, Glum and Thiostolf, were left alone together.

  • So it came about that he got himself into such great friendship with them, that neither side thought they had taken any good counsel unless the other had a share in it.

  • Thus it came about that he was misunderstood.

  • And so it came about that, in this hour of sorest trial, she was absolutely alone.

  • How it came about that, during the following winter and spring, Giuseppe Mansana engaged the attention of thousands of persons, including that of the present writer, will appear in the course of our story.

  • So you may think what you like about it--I mean as to how it came about.

  • But in the year 445 it came about that a Jew and a sympathiser of Ezra, Nehemiah ben Hakkelejah, cup-bearer and favourite of Artaxerxes, appeared in Judea as Persian governor.

  • Thus it came about that in the exile the conduct of worship became the subject of the Torah, and in this process reformation was naturally aimed at as well as restoration.

  • Thus it came about that it was nigh to ten o'clock at night when, thanking God, I dismounted at the gate of my house and bade the servant take the horses to the stable.

  • So we bore away to the right and, making a round, came about ten o'clock of the morning unmolested by any, to that ridge on which I had stood at the beginning of the battle of the Field of Blood.

  • Thus it came about that a tall French knight who had set his eyes on her, outclimbed his fellows upon the slope of the hill, for they were weary and gathering to re-form, and catching her round the middle, strove to drag her away.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "came about" 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:
    call the; came aboard; came about; came across; came along; came ashore; came before; came first; came forth; came forward; came here; came home; came near; came rushing; came straight; came through; came together; came unto; camera obscura; caught robbing; chronological table; geological history; lime juice; political writer; small bulb; small shot