Example sentences for: passers-by

How can you use “passers-by” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They lurk outside bars and restaurants begging change from passers-by, flashing curled lips and hangdog stares, as precious in their own way as any amateur anthropologist taking her first cautious steps east of First Avenue in breathless anticipation of a walk on the wild side.

  • Meanwhile thousands of watch caps, ear-flap caps, and wool berets are available from street vendors to provide instant warmth for passers-by without much regard for expressive charm.

  • One might think they'd team up, to feature a monthlong show of John Gielgud, sitting in Archie Bunker's chair, explaining the pilgrims to passers-by.

  • I loved leafleting when I was in college, handing out flyers to passers-by.

  • Confidential , 1997), is decorated for heroism in the Spanish-American War and then exiled to an isolated fort high in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California--a seemingly godforsaken place where, at least in winter, the only passers-by are starving wagon-trainers.


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