passage

Example Sentences

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Whenever this occurred, I would simply read a passage or two from his book and presto, I was back in the game with every no becoming a yes!

From The Wall Street Journal

So what if another ritual—another rite of passage, another shared experience—is lost?

From The Wall Street Journal

Bland said several cars that were double-parked outside the home, which were “obstructing safe passage for emergency responders, as well as residents.”

From Los Angeles Times

Then there’s this passage: The king has “sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people.”

From Los Angeles Times

Together with Iceland and the U.K., the island forms a chokepoint allowing the U.S. and its allies to monitor the passage of Russian submarines into the Atlantic Ocean.

From Barron's