Examples of pass away in a Sentence
the old woman passed away quietly
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My beloved father has passed away.
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Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
Sadly, Sloan passed away in 2021 so his colleague and landscape architect, Matt Stubbs, took over with Horowitz.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
By the time my son was born, my mom had passed away.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
In Normal, our guy plays Ulysses, a substitute sheriff who’s just holding down the fort for a few weeks until a new sheriff can be elected after the old one passed away under strange circumstances.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
Sadly, Sloan passed away in 2021 so his colleague and landscape architect, Matt Stubbs, took over with Horowitz.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2026
By the time my son was born, my mom had passed away.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
In Normal, our guy plays Ulysses, a substitute sheriff who’s just holding down the fort for a few weeks until a new sheriff can be elected after the old one passed away under strange circumstances.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Pass away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pass%20away. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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