How to Use pass in a Sentence

pass

1 of 2 verb

• The ships passed each other in the night.
• The boat was too tall to pass beneath the bridge.
• The airplane passed out of sight.
• He passed the slower cars on the highway.
• A flock of geese were passing overhead.
• They pass the library every morning on their way to school.
• In a solar eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and the Earth.
• The drug passes quickly into the bloodstream.
• We passed each other in the hallway without looking up.
• She passed two other runners just before the finish line.
• The weeks had passed in a sad, snowy blur.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 12 May 2026
• Best way to pass time on a long plane ride?
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
• Click here for a zoomable view of the new map passed last week.
  — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 28 July 2023
• So time has passed since then and, yes, many things have changed.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
• The bill passed three days later.
  — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 2 June 2026
• The thin clouds at twelve thousand feet passed.
  — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
• And indeed, it should be passed.
  — Star Parker, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026
• No concrete leads emerged as years passed.
  — Claire Lempert, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
• The bill passed in a 71-29 vote.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026
• Schroder passed to Monk, who missed a floater in the lane.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
• Congress, so far, hasn’t passed such a law.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026
• The star pass rusher has four sacks through six games thus far.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
• But even the new version would not have had the votes to pass.
  — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
• Just make sure to remove the shade cloth once the heat wave has passed.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2026
• Of the three hitters who reached base against him, just one passed first base.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• How about when [Melvin’s] brother passed?
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026
• How exactly did that storm come to pass?
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
• See what bills passed in the final hours below.
  — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 28 Feb. 2026
• Efforts to pass a law have collapsed the last few years.
  — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
• The chance of a light, passing showers is very low.
  — Cutter Martin, CBS News, 26 May 2026

pass

2 of 2 noun

• His pass-rush skills were strong.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
• That’s how bad the pass rush was.
  — Kevin Sherrington feb. 21, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
• Tebow’s first play is a twelve-yard pass.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
• Of course, the pass just gets you in the gates.
  — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
• And screw Dalot for that bad pass.
  — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• The same is true of Dunk’s chest pass.
  — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
• Ryan Miller dropped Dart’s pass.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
• The script could have used an extra pass.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• Is there any pass rush that can be relied on?
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Children younger than that don’t need a pass.
  — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
• To be fair, the pass gave him far too long to cover.
  — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
• The pass rush is always fierce in May.
  — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
• Luis Suarez’s first pass near the back line was blocked back to him.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
• The Browns did drop the passes.
  — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• Ted Danson doesn't get a free pass.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
• Necas sent a pass to him near the top of the right circle on the rush.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
• Does Faulk fit his vision for the pass rush?
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• No parking passes will be for sale on site.
  — Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
• Free entry to the arena with a fair pass.
  — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2026
• Etienne ran four times for 22 yards and caught a pass.
  — Langston Wertz Jr, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2025
• All four of his touchdowns were on deep passes.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
• The pass will grant admission for up to four guests.
  — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 18 June 2026
• However, his pass rush grade was tops on the team.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• Tickets and passes are on sale now.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
• The call was changed to an incomplete pass.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
• The strait saw about one-fifth of the world's oil pass through it prior to the war.
  — Dan Mangan,emma Graham,hugh Leask,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 June 2026
• His issue has been around free passes.
  — Owen Poindexter, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Both overnight stays and day passes are offered.
  — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
• And the free passes have been costly.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
• Travis Kelce caught a 6-yard pass to convert.
  — Sam McDowell 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025