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

The sight of the full battalion brings grins to every passerby.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

They would never have been noticed by a casual passerby; so thoroughly smashed was the vessel that the fragments were no bigger than pebbles.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park