come across as

A lot of times I can come across as a bad person.

No one wants to come across as the bad guy.

He worked hard to come across as a nice guy.

"He just came across as someone who was not up to the job."

But it comes across as if he had no idea of what else to do.

Perhaps it is because they come across as so very English.

So I came across as a bit strange to the person who was trying to help me.

He comes across as a man who always had very good reason for his actions.

Yet he always came across as a big, cold machine.

He comes across as being very nervous all of the time.

Even if I do come across as a bit weird.

Now and then I come across as a little too blunt.

It's like coming across as something funny and very serious.

Your father had a tendency to take things into his own hands, and right now you're coming across as being just like him.

"He comes across as reasonable to most of the state."

He must know he's coming across as arrogant and mean.

He came across as arrogant until you got to know him.

And I try to come across as shy, to say nothing.

In his third pro season, he still does not often come across as one of the guys.

His wife comes across as down to earth and credible.

It comes across as more of a sermon than a program.

Yet he still comes across as a common guy I could go up and talk to."

Republicans, on the other hand, might not want to come across as the people who kept the strike going.

To do so would have come across as pleading, and that was not something he could risk.

If you come across as a terrified man, it can be the end for all of us.