How to Use passage in a Sentence

passage

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
• The passage will also reveal the sun's elusive outermost layer known as the corona.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
• These transcriptions were no longer piano etudes, per se, but the performances conveyed the essence of practicing, of learning a piece by slowly going over and over passages, getting more and more inside the sound of your instrument.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024