passing away
Example Sentences
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It was a particularly gloomy year for celebrity deaths, with legends including David Bowie, Prince, George Michael and Alan Rickman all passing away.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 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
Old systems of exploitation and oppression are passing away, and out of the womb of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born....
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
