What is "coming upon"

Usage examples of "coming upon".

They swept up the hillside coming upon the soldiers from the opposite direction that they were shooting.

And where other men, coming upon that fork, would see a choice between right and left, Belisarius was as likely to burrow a hole or take to the trees.

She was not familiar enough with England to know that she was coming upon the kitchen-gardens where the vegetables and fruit were growing.

I follow its rhythm, coming upon him sittingbehind a stockpile of assorted rare earths.

But I want you to see Lina first, and know her, lest, coming upon her by accident at any time, you should be frightened.

This knowledge coming upon him while the thrill of exultation at the astounding news of his riches yet vibrated in his brain, made him grind his teeth with rage at his own hard fate.

I am poor and in misery even from my youth up,(1) and my soul is sorrowful unto tears, sometimes also it is disquieted within itself, because of the sufferings which are coming upon it.

They now saw the French dinner coming upon them, a thing of incalculable nature and range.

There seemed to be no hesitancy in its progress and it occurred to me that, judging by the direction it was taking, it must very soon be coming upon the first of those long rides that ran from east to west across the forest.

SINCE Nayland Smith's return from Burma I had rarely taken up a paper without coming upon evidences of that seething which had cast up Dr.

The conclusion was, that I must rise and continue my travels, in the hope of coming upon some elucidation of the fortunes and destiny of the bewitching little creatures.