Marée *Ce qui vient de flot s’en retourne de marée = Fortune is as quick in going as in coming.
Un malheur nevient jamais seul = Misfortunes never come singly; It never rains but it pours.
Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre = Everything comes to the man who waits; Time and patience change the mulberry leaf into a silk gown.
Mentir *A beau mentir gui vient de loin = A traveller may lie with impunity; Travellers tell fine tales.
Le livre vient de paraître = The book is just out, just published.
Il vient de faire un mauvais coup = He has just committed a crime.
Venir *Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre = Everything comes to the man who waits.
Repentir *Le repentir vient ordinairement trop tard = Do a thing in haste and repent at leisure.
The one which Emperor Nicholas has received is cordial and civil, mais nevient pas du c[oe]ur.
Tout vient à qui ne sait pas attendre--Everything comes to him who does not know how to wait.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "vient" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
