come easy

idiom

: to be easy to achieve or accomplish
Success hasn't come easy for her.

Examples of come easy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The former won’t come easy, with The Classical Academy’s Anna Willis looking for revenge after finishing runner-up to Rathke two years in a row. Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024 However, funding from the state for these projects will not come easy. Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024 The Oscar and Emmy winner is at the top of her game after three decades in Hollywood, relishing work and a 'lucky' life with her kids and 'deep love' Keith Urban Feeling comfortable among Hollywood's glitterati didn't come easy to Nicole Kidman. Elizabeth Leonard, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024 Everything that had come easy for the Bruins suddenly became hard. John Marshall, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024 For Caitlyn Jenner, parenthood hasn't always come easy. Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024 Going on this journey to find yourself through style might not come easy, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Essence, 4 Jan. 2024 The feat didn’t come easy — or quickly — for the Malagasy filmmaker, who graduated from Marrakech’s ESAV film school in 2011 and then spent more than a decade crafting award-winning shorts while developing his first feature. Ben Croll, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023 Individual directors who are worn out could also just quit, but that doesn’t come easy to directors, says Brown. Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'come easy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Dictionary Entries Near come easy

Cite this Entry

“Come easy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20easy. Accessed 28 May. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!