Grammatical class
Inflected form
vinrent
(third-person,plural,past,historic) venir
Sentences
Les gens vinrent de partout.
People came from all over.
Peu de gens vinrent à la conférence.
Few people came to the lecture.
Quelques personnes vinrent au cours.
A few people came to the lecture.
Ils vinrent à l'hôpital s'enquérir de moi.
They came to the hospital to inquire after me.
Des invités vinrent à nous.
Guests came to us.
Ils vinrent à un moment malencontreux.
They came at an inconvenient time.
Ils vinrent malgré la pluie.
They came even though it was raining.
Pas moins de mille personnes vinrent à la fête.
No less than 1,000 people came to the party.
Les larmes lui vinrent aux yeux en entendant les nouvelles.
He was moved to tears when he heard the news.
De nombreux amis vinrent me faire leurs adieux.
Many friends came to see me off.
Ses paroles nous vinrent à l'esprit.
His words came to mind.