Sentence examples for come upon us from inspiring English sources
'come upon us' is correct and usable in written English
It is an idiomatic phrase that means "to happen unexpectedly or suddenly". For example, "A great misfortune came upon us out of the blue."
He even comes up with an "impossible tense", beginning a sentence like this: "Supposing that you should come upon us sitting together...". - as if such a coming-upon were still possible.
Ah, God it's winter come upon us.
If unabated, climate change will simply come upon us.
Well, that time has come upon us, just in time for the 2010 campaign stumping".
The New Yorker, February 22 , 1964P. 110 Ah, God it's winter come upon us.
By Harold Brodkey The New Yorker, February 22 , 1964P. 110 Ah, God it's winter come upon us.
The scourge came upon us rather quietly.
"It's exciting to know it's coming upon us, and coming on quick".
"Sheen's Korner came upon us really, really quickly," said Ms. Fox.
One day in Libya, a band of armed Somalis came upon us.
"When the crisis came upon us, the standards didn't have to change".
