George Washington, Esquire, was of the gentlefolk, and he came near being a King.
I was love-sick for you, and you were so stupid, I came near it then.
We came near making a carom sometimes, but not the one we were trying to make.
We came near going to Geneva, but have concluded to return to Marseilles and go up through Italy from Genoa.
And, spitting, he came near to venting some expression which would scarcely have been becoming in the presence of his wife.
And in his efforts to force upon Chichikov what he termed his "baisers" he came near to measuring his length upon the floor.
Half-dressed, he subsided into a chair, threw back his head, and guffawed until he came near to choking.
And he came near, but when he came it was no statue he found, but a maiden of flesh and blood, for he could see her tresses streaming in the breeze.
Guy thought he would have to kill the lion too, but as it came near it licked Guy's feet and fawned upon him, purring softly like a great pussy-cat.
As he came near, David saw that he was clad in a rough tunic of some dark stuff, which was girt up with a girdle at the waist.
His ravings were terrible; nothing could appease him but her presence; the moment he touched her hand or came near her, he was as gentle as they could wish.
Whenever he came near her, her reason would return, and she would appear the same as before.
Since he regarded himself as a gosling, he tried to live as they lived; when they swam in the lake he followed them until he came near drowning.
They were loath to be among the other beasts, and hissed and spat when one came near them.
And he had a right to say this, for he was blown down twice before he got to the house: once the wind swept him into a pool, which was so deep that he came near drowning.
Kept away from her from time to time as she passed towards our bow, and when we came near enough we showed her the United States colours.
As he came near to Macwha's shop, he had to pass a row of cottages which stood with their backs to a steep slope.
We made a rough sledge, and loaded it with provisions, and set out westward, and were carried westward at the same time on the floe, till we came near land.
And, when he came near it, it took the form of the grandest old lady he had ever seen--a white marble lady, sitting on a white marble throne.
At last a chief, carried by his warriors, came near.
When he came near a town the word ran like a forest fire, "It is Peter the Hermit.
The white mist grew very thick, but the firelight glow grew redder as we went on, and at last we came near enough to hear many voices plainly; but presently, when one shouted, we found that the tongue was not known to us.
I suppose that Kolgrim had answered many such curious folk already; for when he came near and we could hear what he was saying, I was fain to laugh, for, as sailors will, he was telling the landsman strange things.
At first I feared that he had been in some way slain because of his terror; but when I came near, I saw that his shoulders heaved as if he wept.
As he came near he had to use a stick to keep off the numerous Dogs.
The voices ceased as soon as he came near, to be gradually renewed in the pools he had left.
His valiant son, a somewhat smaller boy than either Yan or Sam, came near enough to the boundary to hurl opprobrious epithets.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "came near" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
