The houses began to dance before her eyes, she chewed her handkerchief, and feared the passersby might laugh and jeer at her.
Passersby began to gather and there was nothing left for the colonel to do but turn his back.
Passersby no longer remained mere figures in a dissolving view, through whom one looked as if they were non-existent.
Passersby offered her their umbrellas; others taunted her, and cried, "Konni, Konni.
There were fewer quarrels among passersby on the London streets; men were less likely to wear their swords.
In London, shopkeepers appealed to passersby to buy their goods, sometimes even seizing people by the sleeve.
They both found themselves on the other side of the entry, on the platform above the steps of the Casino, in the open air, opposite the groves of the square and the groups of passersby who were walking about the "Camembert.
The few passersby were often canons from the cathedral, Barefoot Brothers with a crown of hair about their shaven scalps, or nuns with huge starched butterflies on their heads.
In Paris she boldly made her way among the vehicles, knocked down the passersby occasionally, and often found her mad gallops intercepted by the police.
The German sentries before the Stadthuis across the square stared anxiously, passersby stopped as if thunder-struck, I looked back and saw the old innkeeper standing open-mouthed and motionless in the doorway.
As they neared the earth, the wind spun them around a little, some dust floated, then they disappeared; the passersby did not even raise their heads.
The passersby seemed phantoms to him, he was not aware of them, considering them as inconsistent as the vignettes of an illustrated book.
Passersby who jostle you proceed dreaming of the universal idealism as seriously as you of the surprises of perfected corsets.
The hurrying passersby slackened their steps to stare at her in candid interest, and she wondered if it were possible that her conspicuousness had anything to do with Bowers's mysterious disappearance.
She read it in the countenances of the passersby on the sidewalk, in the cold eyes staring at her from the windows, in the bank president's uncompromising attitude, even in the cashier's supercilious inventory as he looked her over.
There was a new expression in the eyes of the passersby with whom she exchanged glances.
Illustration: Passersby who laughed at the inscription witnessed simultaneously the rescue of an almost-submerged donkey by means of an improvised derrick.
Passersby who laughed at the inscription witnessed simultaneously the rescue of an almost-submerged donkey by means of an improvised derrick.
Passersby who laughed at the inscription witnessed simultaneously the rescue of an almost submerged donkey by means of an improvised derrick.
It matched so illy with his wretched clothes that passersbylooked at him.
Though the green paradise plume was in the way and his fear of passersby acute, he was still sufficiently master of himself to soothe with words of beguiling sweetness.
These passersby saw the stationary posture of his body bereft of orders from the brain for substantial movement, and in instantaneous judgment calls, they believed, he supposed, that his mind was seemingly crazy or dysfunctional.
It seemed to him that every few minutes or so there were passersby (usually as couples if not larger groups with civilization, merger, such an acute hunger in these pathetic lonely herds) who were more scrutinizing than all the others.
He might never see the man again, and whatever he did must be as plain to all passersby as had been the other's performance.
Men were running in the direction of the fire carrying buckets; women were standing at the doors inquiring of the passersby if they knew what street was on fire, and whether it was likely to spread.
The front door went up a step from off this rough pavement, where the feet of the passersby rasped and clattered.
Strolling about Barcelona, he looked with challenging eyes at all passersby who appeared to be Germans.
From that time on, he would look curiously at all the passersby and sometimes would hasten his step in order to examine more closely some one whose back resembled the haunting unknown.
This twilight, sufficient to enable a person to see his way, intermittent on account of the clouds, resembled the sort of livid light which falls through an air-hole in a cellar, before which the passersby come and go.
Her unconventional behaviour attracted such a large crowd ofpassersby that several people were crushed to death in the excitement.
He forgot to put on his hat when he walked along the street; the distraction he revealed was the source of constant merriment to passersby and on-lookers.
He forced her to stop, conducted himself in such a familiar way, and talked in such a loud voice that the passersby simpered.
The Atlas was similar to the other games parlor where Alan had had the set-to with the robohuckster; it was dark-windowed and a shining blue robot stood outside, urging passersby to step inside and try their luck.
Busy stern-faced people raced madly from one place to the next; Alan was accustomed to the more orderly and peaceful life of a starship, and found himself getting jostled by passersby from both directions.
Nor is the incident closed with that; our mountaineer will inquire of neighbors and passersby until he gets a description of the wayfarer, and then he will pass the word along.
As for Peter, he was the happiest of the happy and had sung and whistled so joyously while skating that the staidest passersby had smiled as they listened.
It required all his energies to keep out of the way of the passersby and to prevent those screaming little urchins from upsetting him with their sleds.
Passersby halted to catch the merry laughter floating, through curtain and sash, into the street, then skipped on their way with a startled consciousness that the village was wide-awake.
We astonished passersby by halting our cab to stare upward at sky-scrapers or to peer from alongside the curb at luxurious shop windows.
He smoked his cigar a while, staring out the window at the passersby on Myrtle Boulevard, much as he had done the first time I told him I loved his daughter.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "passersby" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
