passages

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Passages about Lord Byron’s anorexia and the invention of the first electric battery will enrapture a reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Passages from Genesis and Exodus, various theological tracts, Thomas Aquinas, John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards take their place alongside the writings of U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Passages: Lilli Hornig This brief summary of Lilli’s life comes from Brown University, the first institution where she taught chemistry.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023

While I’d normally recommend sticking to work you can actually stand next to, one image posted by Art Passages of San Francisco is just too good to resist.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Passages and corridors honeycombed the walls and wound their way from floor to ceiling, up and down the sides of the cave.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster