pass by

VERB
  1. move past
    He passed his professor in the hall
    A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window
    One line of soldiers surpassed the other
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How To Use pass by In A Sentence

  • On the way back from the bathroom I have to pass by them he catches my eye and smiles so I just give a little wave and keep walking as I don't want to interrupt his picking up.
  • Anybody can laugh in joy, but the bold ones also smile in pain...knowing that pain is just like a zooming train, that will soon pass by. RVM 
  • Between Dawney and Beta lieth a famous island in Orenoque (now called Baraquan, for above Meta it is not known by the name of Orenoque) which is called Athule (cataract of Ature); beyond which ships of burden cannot pass by reason of a most forcible overfall, and current of water; but in the eddy all smaller vessels may be drawn even to Peru itself. The Discovery of Guiana
  • She backed into a doorway to let the crowds pass by.
  • Pass by the fervid flowers that press themselves on your sight.
  • A few fibers of the medullary stria are said to pass by the habenular nucleus to the roof of the mid-brain, especially the superior colliculus, while a few others come into relation with the posterior longitudinal bundle and association tracts of the mesencephalon. IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves
  • Lunch from the on-board snack bar (I'm not sure it's quite worthy of the term buffet) was quite a decent ham, cheese and salad sandwich for me, and sausage rolls for the kids, as we watched the countryside pass by. Diary of an Average Australian
  • Death, old age, are words without a meaning, that pass by us like the idle air which we regard not. Others may have undergone, or may still be liable to them--we "bear a charmed life", which laughs to scorn all such sickly fancies. As in setting out on delightful journey, we strain our eager gaze forward.
  • He also said cars are unable to pass by parked cars in the same area without being forced up on the kerbing and grass margins.
  • You pass by lakes and through forests, rising to grassy ridges. Times, Sunday Times
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