PASS in a Sentence

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420 example sentences for PASS, such as:

1. I expect he'll pass the examination.
2. The storm should pass off before dark.
3. Such persons pass through these parts.
4. I love you pass though life enter life.
5. The pass gets quite narrow towards the east.

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 Meanings and Examples of PASS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pass
 v.  move or cause to move in a specified direction
 n.  a ticket or permit
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But let us pass on; these are such common things as not to be worth mentioning.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI
2  We shall pass through France on our way to Italy.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXI
3  When he descended from the scaffold, there was something in his look which made the people draw aside to let him pass.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
4  He liked to pass an hour or two there, trimming, hoeing, and making holes here and there in the earth, into which he dropped seeds.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
5  The devil may pass through it, but the good God dwells here.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
6  The opening was now large enough to allow him to pass.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI—WHAT HE DOES
7  By the way, when you return, my friend, it is not necessary to pass through the garden.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS
8  Such persons pass through these parts.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GERVAIS
9  O Favourite, I cease to address you as 'thou,' because I pass from poetry to prose.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
10  Any one who had seen these two pass would have had pity on them.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
11  It was the good God who caused me to pass your inn.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
12  Having made this reservation, let us pass on.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON
13  The reader will be grateful to us if we pass rapidly over the sad details.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
14  Towards two o'clock, almost invariably, the royal carriage and cavalcade was seen to pass at full speed along the Boulevard de l'Hopital.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—WHICH POSSIBLY PROVES BOULATRUELLE'S INTELLIGE...
15  It is understood, of course, that the Rue Neuve-Sainte-Genevieve is an old street, and that a posting-chaise does not pass through the Rue des Postes once in ten years.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—THE ZIGZAGS OF STRATEGY
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  You can't pass exams without working, so don't deceive yourself.
17  The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly.
18  I did not catch you when you pass you do not stop.
19  A phantom coach is said to pass through the grounds of this house when there's a full moon.
20  The storm should pass off before dark.
21  The guard eyeballed him pretty hard despite his pass.
22  The pass gets quite narrow towards the east.
23  I love you pass though life enter life.
24  A pass will allow the bearer to enter the building.
25  I expect he'll pass the examination.
26  Some college courses are graded in terms of either a pass or a fail.
27  Natural selection ensures only the fittest survive to pass their genes on to the next generation.
28  The government was defeated in its attempt to pass the law by an opposition ambush.
29  He couldn't imagine why he had let so much time pass without contacting her.
30  An individual may pass on to future generations its genes for tallness.