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Example sentences for "passing"

Lexicographically close words:
passibility; passible; passid; passim; passin; passinge; passingly; passings; passio; passion
  1. Passing through this neighborhood without molestation, for Manning's companion seemed to be well known and universally feared, they reached a long, rambling frame building, which was gayly painted and brightly illuminated.

  2. After passing a pleasant hour with Mary, Mrs. Andrews returned, and handed Vinton two letters which he placed in his pocket without looking at the addresses, a proceeding which he noticed gave Mrs. Andrews some degree of pleasure.

  3. As he passed through the room he took a passing inventory of the young assistant cashier, Mr. Pearson, who was busily engaged upon his books.

  4. Passing quietly along, he came to the large switch-yards, and here he was almost deafened by the rumble and noise of the trains, and the screeching and puffing of the engines.

  5. Any crowd passing over the Bridge would have pleased John equally well.

  6. The driver was thrown into the road, and John, imagining that he must be killed by a passing vehicle, shut his eyes so that he might not see the horrible thing happen.

  7. While he was crossing the street at one point, and passing between two lorries, he found himself in front of a coffee-house, and again aware of his hunger, he entered it.

  8. It seemed to him to be impossible that any seven days in the history of the world had been so long in passing as the seven days which separated him from his next meeting with her.

  9. He walked swiftly to the house, and passing through the shop, entered the kitchen, followed by his Uncle William.

  10. In passing the straits it is recommended to keep a good outlook from the top, whence in clear weather the shoals may easily be seen.

  11. After passing these the water became deeper, so that he could advance at a distance of five kilometres from land.

  12. There are four ways of passing from the Murman Sea to the Kara Sea, viz:-- a.

  13. The fleet returned to Holland without further adventure, passing through Vaygats Sound on the 25/15th September.

  14. After passing this Holy Nose they came to a rocky promontory, which they had to sail round.

  15. While the procession was passing through the long mirror gallery, the Swiss of the apartments placed them in the first row of spectators, recommending every one to pay all possible attention to the strangers.

  16. At the age of twelve years she could never meet a school of young ladies passing through the streets without feeling ambitious of the situation and authority of their mistress.

  17. On the top of this we kept our signal of distress flying, in the hope of catching the notice of some passing vessel, as was the case after a long while.

  18. Inez, catching it up, passing it from one hand to the other, holding it up in the sunlight, and showing as much genuine pleasure as if she were a veritable South Sea Islander, presented with some new trinket.

  19. Then the new acquaintances saluted and bade each other good-by, the officers of the Coral passing over the rail, and were rowed back to their own vessel, which had followed in the wake of the steamer, as may be said.

  20. We heard of him as passing through the towns To west of us; but soon he was forgot By all except myself and one poor maid Whom much love led astray.

  21. When March has tuned his willow pipes, The children passing by Kneel down and pluck the early flowers, And smile, they know not why.

  22. Yet this may merely be a passing sickness of the humours.

  23. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and, passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late, I knock unbidden once on every gate.

  24. Lady," said he, "it is fashioned of passing good meat and rare, so rare that I doubt thou wilt ever enjoy its like again.

  25. From that time until nine, officers on duty in the neighbourhood, or passing by, would look in for breakfast, and about half-past nine my sick patients began to show themselves.

  26. A line of sentries forbade all strangers passing through without orders, even to Cathcart's Hill; but once more I found that my reputation served as a permit, and the officers relaxed the rule in my favour everywhere.

  27. I must do them credit to say, that they were never loath to fight any one that desired that passing excitement, and thought little of ending their journey of life abruptly at the wretched wayside town of Cruces.

  28. Do people, passing it, glance up to see if they are late?

  29. Every day you are passing through various doors.

  30. I will tell you by passing on to you the secret as given by Maltbie Babcock.

  31. They encounter patronage at such places, and getting patronage from one's inferiors can never be a pleasant mode of passing one's time.

  32. He is a true musician, and his story, joke, or passing fancy is always joined to a measure which never halts.

  33. But with the passing cycles this fervor waned, and a century ago Islam seemed plunged in the stupor of senile decay.

  34. Small wonder that the sudden passing of this halcyon time provoked disappointment and regret.

  35. Madison Grant, "The Passing of the Great Race," p.

  36. Europe is, indeed, passing through the most critical spiritual phase of the war's aftermath--what I may term the zero hour of the spirit.

  37. She was passing through one of the woods of which her husband's property seemed chiefly to consist, and was resting on the bole of a tree, when she heard the sound of wheels.

  38. You've been passing yourself off as Cuthbert Grahame's wife.

  39. Was the purport of her presence here merely to pay a passing call?

  40. She allowed him, and he passed, firing a passing shot as he went.

  41. Between them they got her up the steps, through the door and into a room which, immediately after passing it, was entered on the right.

  42. Mr. Downing allowed these facts to influence him in passing sentence.

  43. He caught sight of Bob and was passing with a feeble grin, when something told him that this was one of those occasions on which one has to show a Red Indian fortitude and stifle one's private feelings.

  44. Mike, passing through the gate, turned into the road that led to the school.

  45. But with Morris making a hundred and seventeen, and Berridge, Ellerby, and Marsh all passing the half-century, this score did not show up excessively.

  46. Passing by the trees under whose shade Mike and Psmith and Dunster had watched the match on the previous day, he came upon the Head of his house in a deck-chair reading a book.

  47. Mr. Downing took a couple more overs, in one of which a horse, passing in the road, nearly had its useful life cut suddenly short.

  48. An excellent way of passing an idle half-hour," said Psmith.

  49. While you were away, Master, I had been walking through the town; and when I was passing near the outskirts, a woman came to a door, and looked very hard at me.

  50. Maxwell's men soon silenced them, and on the troops passing in through the breaches, and along the wall, most of the Dervishes at once surrendered.

  51. As he neared the town, he saw that there were several native craft on the river; and that boats were passing to and fro between the town and Shendy, on the opposite bank.

  52. One shell, however, struck the Zafir, passing through the deck and killing a Soudanese; and a shrapnel shell burst over the Fatteh.

  53. It was slow work at first, as they had some difficulty in passing the rough country lying behind the hill.

  54. She was passing about thirty yards astern of the gunboat, when a badly aimed shell from a Dervish battery struck her, and she sank almost instantly.

  55. After listening for some time Gregory rose and, passing over the ridge, came upon the main camp.

  56. Shortly after passing the town, a large Dervish camp was seen in a valley, and this, they afterwards found, was occupied by the force that had returned from Berber.

  57. However, their fire was so far kept down, that the three gunboats succeeded in forcing their way up; and, passing the Dervish works, sank a steamer and a number of native boats.

  58. Berlioz's noblest inspirations, giving an eloquent picture of a procession approaching, passing by and losing itself in the distance--a long crescendo and diminuendo.

  59. It is a set of free variations, or rather organic transformations of two themes; the first sombre, entirely in the minor, the second brighter, with some passing emphasis on the major.

  60. The finale is also notable in that the opening portion is a reminiscence, a passing in review, of the chief themes of the preceding movements.

  61. Go not to others for advice, but take counsel from the passing breezes, which relate the history of the world to those who listen.

  62. As we are passing the confectioners" said Mr. Hose to his wife, "we might tell them to send up a nice sugar cake in honour of baby's Xning.

  63. But Helen, leaning back in her comfortable carriage is not thinking of the passing scenery, but of the extraordinary mission she is bent on.

  64. As Sainte-Beuve says, in a fine comparison between Racine and Shakespeare, to come to the one after the other is like passing to a portrait by Ingres from a decoration by Rubens.

  65. Lord Grey was an exception; but then Lord Grey, besides passing the Reform Bill, presented Mr. Creevey with the Treasurership of the Ordnance, and in fact was altogether a most worthy man.

  66. In 1782 a passing tourist saw the Quigrich in the house of Malice Doire, a day-labourer in Killin.

  67. After weathering a furious gale which raged for thirteen hours, the Ilala pursued her northward voyage, passing the islands of Likomo and Chusamoolo.

  68. The heavy dues for passing through the canal are an item, and it would not pay to save two thousand five hundred miles out of twelve thousand five hundred.

  69. Louis Belgrave, in passing through the incidents of the story, had made the acquaintance of Mr. Lowell Woolridge, a Fifth Avenue millionaire and magnate.

  70. A meridian is a great circle reaching around the earth, and passing through the equator and the poles.

  71. Pitts came out of the galley to ascertain the cause of the demonstration, and he made out for himself the bow of the ship passing the point of the cape.

  72. These rocks are said to be so powerfully magnetic as to affect the compasses of ships passing them.

  73. We travel much further on before arriving at any other feature of interest, passing Finchley Road Station and the shops gathered in the vicinity, also the Hampstead Public Library, a big building at the corner of Arkwright Road.

  74. St. John's Wood Road is itself untouched, the line passing under it.

  75. Rather than abandon the opportunity of coming to such an arrangement he would almost be prepared to give up all idea of ever passing the examination for the second degree.

  76. You, Cheng Lin, are still too young to be concerned with the question of Passing Beyond; your imperishable father is, one is compelled to say, already old enough to go.

  77. A friend receiving a sum of money from this person would have every excuse for passing away suddenly.

  78. Nevertheless," maintained Wei Chang mildly, "the out-passing of Fang would have been a satisfactory detail of the occurrence.

  79. And while this heedless one has been passing the time pleasantly in handling rich brocades you have been lying here in anguish.

  80. The technicalities of passing sentence and seeing it carried out will follow automatically.

  81. When broad daylight came, she rose and drew down the shades of her window and after she had listened to the birds, to the sounds of the awakening town, to the passing of a train, rest came and until nearly noon she slept heavily.

  82. Impressions came to her in hot, passing flashes.

  83. She watched the shadowy figures passing to and fro behind the glazed windows of the saloon and between her brows came a frown.

  84. Then ran on, searching the trail for indication of passing horses.

  85. The other man did not answer with more than a quickly passing smile.

  86. You've been here while I've been passing through hell itself?

  87. She dreaded the thought of passing another night in uncertainty.

  88. A few minutes more, and they were passing along by the prison wall, under the ghastly head, now happily concealed by darkness.

  89. Rain had just begun to fall, and with it descended the smut and grime that darkened above the houses; the pavement was speedily over-smeared with sticky mud, and passing vehicles flung splashes in every direction.

  90. Then the angel said: "You are passing through a state of punishment.

  91. In this way the delicacy was passing from mouth to mouth.

  92. Had the fellow been such a fool as to attempt passing a bad coin when he carried others of the same kind in his pocket?

  93. But the weeks were passing and no letter came; in vain she glanced from the window of the bar at the faces which moved by.

  94. About ten o'clock he came to Farringdon Road Buildings, and with a glance up towards the Hewetts' window he was passing by when a hand clutched at him.

  95. Scawthorne was passing out of the stage when a man seeks only the gratification of his propensities; he began to focus his outlook upon the world, and to feel the significance of maturity.

  96. Just as the opportunity for passing into the doctor's room arrived, a movement in the bundle she held made her look closely at the child's face; at that instant it had ceased to live.

  97. In passing a shop-window where photographs were exposed, she looked for those of actresses, and gazed at them with terrible intensity.

  98. I wonder how it came about that her strain, after passing through the basest conditions of modern life, had thus reverted to a type of ancestral exuberance.

  99. Never mind; here by good luck we find seats where we can watch the throng passing and repassing.

  100. This cheese is as nutritious and unattractive and indigestible as Science," remarked Chaffery, cutting and passing wedges.

  101. I say," he said with a fearful sense of his temerity, and raising his mortar-board awkwardly as though he was passing a funeral.


  102. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "passing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accidental; accompanying; act; advance; advancement; afloat; afoot; ambulatory; annihilation; ascending; axial; back; backward; bane; blackout; boost; brief; brittle; capricious; changeable; circumstantial; constitution; corruptible; current; cursory; curtains; death; decease; deciduous; demise; departure; descending; dispersion; dissipation; dissolution; dissolving; doing; doom; downward; drifting; dying; eclipse; egress; elevation; enactment; end; ending; ephemeral; erasure; escape; evacuation; evanescent; evaporation; exaltation; exit; exodus; expeditious; expiration; extinction; fading; feverish; fickle; fleeting; flight; flitting; flowing; fluent; flying; fragile; frail; fugacious; fugitive; furious; getaway; going; graduation; grave; happening; hasty; hurried; immediate; impermanent; impetuous; impulsive; incidental; inconstant; instant; insubstantial; itinerant; journey; journeying; knell; lawmaking; leaving; legislation; legislature; locomotive; loss; melting; momentary; mortal; mounting; moving; mutable; occasional; occultation; ongoing; parting; passage; passing; pedestrian; peripatetic; perishable; plunging; preferment; prevailing; prevalent; progressing; progressive; prompt; quick; quietus; raise; refluent; regressive; release; removal; resolution; rest; resultant; retirement; retreat; retrogressive; reward; rise; rising; rotary; running; rushing; sideward; silence; sinking; sleep; snap; soaring; speedy; streaming; strolling; superficial; swift; temporal; temporary; touring; transient; transit; transitive; transitory; traveling; unstable; upward; urgent; vanishing; very; volatile; walking; wipe; withdrawal


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    passing away; passing events; passing from; passing good; passing over; passing the; passing through; passing vessel