Examples of nearby in a Sentence
grabbed the nearby quilt and gently laid it over the sleeping child
I'll be nearby if you need anything
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Within hours, police found Steven White living at his mother's home nearby.
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Of the five live roaches spotted, one was crawling on a handwash sink inside the kitchen and two ducked under a coffee machine nearby.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Microphone stands were lined up nearby.
—Jasmine Golden, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The problem is when people plant trees without regard for power lines overhead or nearby.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
Of the five live roaches spotted, one was crawling on a handwash sink inside the kitchen and two ducked under a coffee machine nearby.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Microphone stands were lined up nearby.
—Jasmine Golden, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2026
The problem is when people plant trees without regard for power lines overhead or nearby.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nearby
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“Nearby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearby. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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nearby
adverb or adjective
near·by
ni(ə)r-ˈbī 
ˈni(ə)r-ˌbī
: close at hand
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