What is "came up"

Usage examples of "came up".

The girl's face came up, except it didn't, not really, because there was no face there.

He turned that look on me then, and all at once my hand came up and I slapped myself across the face.

At first when he told me it wasn't there I didn't understand what he meant, and then the sun came up a little more and I realized I could see the aspens behind our fence right through it.

They came up the street, scared but sort of exalted at the idea of getting crucified, just like their boss did.

I rolled and came up in time to see Sticks holding his clubs, connecting with the guy's head, very hard.

A sharp, steady wind came up the hill from my left, smacking me in the face and giving rise to reflections on the passing away of the old and the unfathomable nature of the new.

He dipped into his kit, came up with his air hypo, inserted a cartridge and gave Spock a shot, seemingly all in one smooth motion.

When the drover came up to take the reins, Zalathorm spoke a few quiet words.

When he came up, sputtering, Themo was already out of the pond, grinning like a gargoyle.

Matteo ducked under the attack and came up hard, knocking the sword aside with his blade and following with a punch just below the ribcage.

He deftly turned the trip into a roll and came up in a crouch, daggers out.

His fingers came up, twisting and trembling, and his face was all wonder and joy and incredulity.