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Example sentences for: passerby
How can you use “passerby” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
He couldn't understand why no one showed any interest, until a passerby told him any car that cheap had to be a lemon.
At times a typographical error is made on purpose, as in advertisements or signs, to catch the eye of the reader or passerby.
The word first gained general usage in Britain during World War II, and possibly came about as a result of fraternizing with French troops, perhaps as a corruption of l'eau (water) or lieux d'aisance (Water-closet), or even as a derivation of the cry ( Garde á l'eau! , given to warn passerby that someone above was about to slop out (the anglicised form, gardyloo ! , occurs in this context in a novel by Tobias Smollett as early as 1771).
They exploit themselves, by depriving themselves of that private life so essential to a modern liberal society, and at the same time they exploit the casual passerby by forcing that person to eavesdrop and act as audience.