Example sentences for: passing

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

  • John Boehner, a slick but likable Ohioan who chairs the House Republican Conference, is as adept at playing the Washington game as is DeLay--befriending reporters, making goo-goo eyes at lobbyists, passing around campaign contributions on the House floor, etc.

  • Claims by the former U.S. ambassador to London Raymond Seitz that the previous British government "stopped passing sensitive intelligence to the White House because it often seemed to find its way to the IRA" were the subject of a strongly worded editorial in the Times of London.

  • "While we mourn her passing, we celebrate a full and wonderful life."

  • The ZD domain interacts with the passing single-strand DNA to be transported (T-strand).

  • William Safire, who once addressed the phrase in passing, seemed to think it a nonce expression, enjoying an ephemeral vogue.


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