passerby

Example Sentences

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A sympathetic passerby asks, who have you lost?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Speaking to the Sun, a passerby saw the bag on the side of a road and alerted her partner after becoming suspicious.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

As the tram careens past, a delivery man can been seen leaping to safety from his bicycle, while a passerby also races out of the way.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Any prudent passerby would think twice before approaching a clearing with a tower made of hundreds of skulls at its center.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

They asked a random passerby for the direction to Seoul and were pointed toward the main highway.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh