How to Use pass away in a Sentence

pass away

verb

• In the years since the couple bought the lot, the husband had passed away.
  — Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
• My husband of 42 years passed away a year and a half ago.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
• Some of the team members have passed away but many of them are still in touch.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
• Seidler, who owned the San Diego Padres, passed away on Nov. 14.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
• The iconic game-show host passed away two days ago at age 99.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
• The younger Lazenby was the second child of Cave’s to pass away in recent years.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 24 May 2022
• Clips of Hackman's best films Gene Hackman has passed away at the age of 95.
  — Megan Cartwright, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
• Since then, giant pandas at the zoo have come and gone, been born and passed away.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• Many of the tribal members and activists who fought the dam have now passed away.
  — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024
• My cellphone was on silent the morning that Ang passed away.
  — Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 13 Mar. 2025
• The great Norman Lear passed away on December 5th at the age of 101.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
• The medium told me, ‘Your mom's giving you signs of threes,’ and my dad passed away April 3.
  — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• Harrison Ford will take over the role of Ross from William Hurt, who passed away in 2022.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 28 July 2024
• Julian McMahon fans were shocked to learn that the Aussie actor had passed away at the age of 56.
  — Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
• Henry Kissinger, who passed away this month, addressed the event.
  — Russell Flannery, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• There's no reason to have a person who has passed away still on that list.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
• Our next-door neighbor passed away in July 2021 and didn’t leave a will.
  — Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• Bartali passed away in 2020, having won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France again after the war.
  — Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
• Fast forward to today: Dad has passed away, and our mom is still alive at 97.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• The pope had passed away, and the top candidates to replace him were kidnapped.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
• Brian Wilson passed away in his sleep, at home, in his room.
  — Darian Sahanaja, Variety, 15 June 2025
• My wife of over 30 years passed away four years ago after a long illness.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Delon passed away in his longtime home in Douchy, France.
  — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
• Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
• Melinda, my beloved wife of 28 years, passed away this morning.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Jan. 2024
• The role of Theo was loosely based on Cosby's own son, Ennis, who passed away in 1997.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 21 July 2025
• Last year, her 4-month-old son, Wyatt, passed away during a nap.
  — Lisa Ling, Analisa Novak, CBS News, 28 May 2024
• The recipe for the cake was created by her mom, Jacqueline McEntire, who passed away in 2020.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
• Hill is the third former Alabama player from the Saban era to pass away in the past year.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 2 Nov. 2021
• It’s been almost a quarter-century since Aaliyah passed away tragically at the age of 22 in an airplane crash.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025