passing by

Example Sentences

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“I live between Switzerland and Croatia and now that I know how to pick it up, I hear it in cars passing by a cafe in Geneva and in Croatia,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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

It was a place of passing by, a hallway to stop in, but rarely stay.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

The flowers’ petals curved coyly around the corners of rocks as if they were trying to peek at who might be passing by.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis