How to Use passage in a Sentence

passage

1 of 2 noun

• He left after the passage of a few hours.
• Special ships clear passages through the ice.
• We squeezed through a narrow passage between the rocks.
• They controlled the passage of goods through their territory.
• The medicine makes breathing easier by opening nasal passages.
• With the passage of time, the number of children suffering with the disease has decreased dramatically.
• More than 700 ships have used the passage to the Bosphorus and beyond to world markets.
  — Tim Lister and Victoria Butenko, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• But there’s another passage in the book that might get even closer to the breadth of his essence.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 28 June 2023
• With the passage of time, minivans with bumper stickers and Hyundai Sonatas eclipsed trusty ole steeds.
  — Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• But the bill’s potential passage does not mean the work is done, activists say.
  — Jenna Barackman, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• One of my favorite passages in all of Mozart sounds nothing like him.
  — Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, The Atlantic, 17 July 2023
• Pro tip: Bring a helmet, should the currents push you against a cave wall, as well as a head lamp for dark passages.
  — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• But as the Dali reached eight knots and drew closer to the bridge, what should have been a routine passage suddenly wasn’t.
  — William Wan, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• The tale is split across a septet of singers who move in and out of solo, trio (i.e., shepherds and wise men) and ensemble passages.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• The very idea of putting a key in the lock, turning it and trying to open a passage is an act of return, not an invasion.
  — Valeria Verbaro, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2023
• Gossec loved winds and brass, and this symphony provides lots of sparkling passages for them.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
• That's because when a baby lies on their back, mucus drips down the nasal passages to the back of the throat and sets off a cough response to keep the fluid out of the lungs.
  — Rebecca Stewart, Parents, 21 Dec. 2023
• Light winds from the north become increasingly gusty late in the day and into the night with the passage of an Arctic cold front.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• Yet political change and the passage of time caused some to see Mr. Kaczynski in a new light.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• Before the passage of the law, Google had also promised to remove links to Canadian news when the law takes effect.
  — Tracey Lindeman, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
• While the focus of the project is fish passage in the river, Santos said, crews have been working since 2019 to create restoration plans.
  — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
• However, bombs dropped near the Rafah border crossing had forced the passage closed and left the area on the Gaza side of the border in disarray, Okal said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Along with the personal anecdotes and Bible passages, music was a big part of this service.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2023
• Then, 2020 happened, and in the subsequent upheaval brought on by the pandemic and the passage of time, the engagement was called off.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
• The most memorable passages aren’t about self-driving cars.
  — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
• As a student annotates a book for study, the faithful mark up their copies of Scripture, noting passages that speak to them.
  — Nicholas Tomaino, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
• Kirby said these pauses were critical for the safe passage of hostages.
  — Fritz Farrow, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• After its passage, more than 100 inmates facing the death penalty filed claims under the RJA.
  — Essence, 27 Feb. 2024
• It will then be sent to the House for passage before heading to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.
  — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 7 Dec. 2023
• Taking 4 to 5½ hours roundtrip, the train winds up the slopes of the Presidential Range, culminating in a passage over Crawford Notch.
  — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023

Advertisement

passage

2 of 2 verb

• The deal now faces an uncertain path to passage through the House and Senate.
  — Jeff Stein and Tobi Raji, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
• If Trump backs it, that could propel the measure to passage.
  — Tal Kopan and Lauren Fox, CNN, 14 June 2018
• The House voted to approve the debate rules for the measure Tuesday, a key step on the way to passage.
  — Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 21 Sep. 2021
• Now, Democrats are trying to keep the bill on its narrow track to passage this month through the 50-50 Senate.
  — Andrew Duehren, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2022
• Democrats want the $15-per-hour rate, and an end to the filibuster would be the only path to passage in this Congress.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 1 Mar. 2021
• So the bills passage out of the Senate is a major win for advocates.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2022
• But without McCain, the path to passage becomes even tougher.
  — Lisa Mascaro, latimes.com, 20 July 2017
• Neither bill has yet had a hearing, and passage this year is considered a long shot.
  — Lee Davidson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2020
• Lawmakers should agree to passage of the tax credits before the session ends.
  — Mark Wolfe For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 24 May 2022
• Mr. Trump hopes to speed up economic growth and make his mark as a historic tax cutter, but the plan faces a narrow path to passage through...
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2017
• This year’s legislation aims to make a permanent fix and is well on its way to passage.
  — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 31 Mar. 2021
• The John Lewis bill -- which faces a tough path to passage in the Senate -- proposes a new preclearance formula.
  — Daniel Dale, CNN, 13 June 2021
• Earlier this month the bill passed a procedural hurdle that signaled the bill was on its way to passage.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• Under Senate rules, this must be excluded from the most likely path to passage.
  — Rich Exner, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
• Their support, along with their conservative colleagues, could have pushed the bill to passage.
  — Hunter Woodall, kansascity, 9 May 2018
• Those rights include but aren’t limited to passage along the shore, collecting seaweed, fishing from the shore, and swimming from the shore.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• The Senate moved the bill closer to passage with an 86-11 procedural vote Tuesday.
  — Gabriel T. Rubin, WSJ, 21 May 2021
• As the afterword explains, no words have been added to the phrases, sentences, and longer passages that the book borrows; some words, however, have been erased.
  — Cara Blue Adams, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• Hardy was well aware that neither had any chance of even a hearing in the Florida Legislature, let alone passage.
  — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
• But the measures have faced major political head winds in the House, clouding their path to passage and shifting attention back to the states.
  — Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• But the price promises passage not just over the Texas border, but all the way to Houston, in most cases including housing, food, and transportation.
  — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2021
• The senators who led the legislation to passage Tuesday agreed.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2021
• The hope is that a combination of those Medicaid changes and amendments from conservatives could pave the way to passage.
  — Author: Ashley Parker, David Weigel, Robert Costa, Alaska Dispatch News, 26 June 2017
• Turkey, which maintains good ties with both countries and controls passage through the Bosporus, the entrance to the Black Sea, took an active mediating role.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 22 July 2022
• After the infrastructure and jobs package was released at the end of March, Psaki said Biden wanted to see progress by May and passage by summer.
  — USA TODAY, 6 May 2021
• Marrero said the robocall was an example of how technology in some ways was more damaging than the kind of tactics that led to passage in 1871 of the Ku Klux Klan Act.
  — Larry Neumeister, Star Tribune, 30 Oct. 2020
• Carlson will be joined by four survivors who testified on Capitol Hill in support of the bill, as well as the four lawmakers who helped shepherd the bill to passage in the House and Senate.
  — Phil Mattingly and Maegan Vazquez, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022
• Alaska leaders called the bill’s passage a huge victory for the state’s tourism industry after it was crippled by th …..
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 28 May 2021
• But Biden has not removed a barrier to passage put up by his predecessor.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2021
• His delaying tactics vexed leaders of both parties, who had sought to fast-track the bill to passage last week using a process that requires the consent of all 100 senators.
  — Mike Debonis, Washington Post, 19 May 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024