passing by

Example Sentences

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One video showed a main road with cars passing by, with the sports hall visible in the background.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“It took me passing by a few times before I realized what it was,” said Cordero.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

"My children are growing up far away from me, and the years are passing by as if we are cut off from the world and life itself," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The ship rounded Africa on Aug. 14 and crossed the Atlantic in three weeks, passing by the northern shores of Venezuela before arriving in Gulfport, Miss., on Sept. 11.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

He picked up a stack of antiwar leaflets and held them out to people passing by.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin