passing away
Example Sentences
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Collinge set up Rant & Ramble in 2023 as a way to "clear her head", after her mother was diagnosed with lung cancer, passing away from the disease nine months later.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
But I write songs about people passing away, and most people — no matter rich, poor, whatever — it’s typically gonna be your 40-and-up who are gonna relate to that record.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025
People close to him are passing away; there is guilt and there is sadness.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
Willie became a music teacher and armchair composer before passing away in the 1950s.
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2024
Shame over having a body unlike other bodies was passing away.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
