passerby

Example Sentences

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This time around, the thieves escaped on foot, struggling to carry the cumbersome frames down the street as passersby pushed past unaware.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then he stood on his sister’s front step before a Baltimore Ravens playoff game and asked passersby to guess the song.

From The Wall Street Journal

The passersby sporting timeless wool topcoats and carrying shopping bags.

From Los Angeles Times

Some protesters were passersby who joined the standoff after becoming aware of ICE’s presence, according to New York Immigration Coalition president and CEO, Murad Awawdeh.

From The Wall Street Journal

He moved the family business to Encinitas, where he bought 67 acres near the railroad and Interstate 5 and planted so many patented poinsettia plants that passersby were treated to crimson waves come November.

From Los Angeles Times