Sample Sentences for
passage
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    This passage is adapted from Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man ©1952.
    passage = short part of a longer written work
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    "There's another passage in a different book I'd like to share with you," he said.  (source)
    passage = a short part of a longer written work
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    When he spoke, he somehow always managed to sound like he was reading a passage from Dickens.  (source)
    passage = short part of a longer written work
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    First, I translated a passage on Nelson's last battle from Dutch into English.  (source)
    passage = a short part of a longer written work
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    In Mrs. Polster's class, they memorized passages from The Book of the City of Ember every week.  (source)
    passages = short parts of a longer written work
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    "Need for a purpose" had been written in McCandless's hand in the margin above the passage.  (source)
    passage = a short part of a longer written work
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    Alums would like you to read a few passages from Langston Hughes.  (source)
    passages = short parts of longer written works
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    Mr. Birkway was desperately trying to explain what he had enjoyed about that passage.  (source)
    passage = short part of a longer written work
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    What bothered Valentine most was when her column got syndicated into several other regional newsnets, and Father started reading it and quoting from it at table. "Finally, a man with some sense," he said. Then he quoted some of the passages Valentine hated worst in her own work.  (source)
    passages = short parts of longer written works
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    Every child was made to stand at the front of the room and read from a passage the teacher gave them.  (source)
    passage = a short part of a longer written work
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    Louie wanted to give him a religious eulogy but didn't know how, so he recited disjointed passages that he remembered from movies, ending with a few words about committing the body to the sea.  (source)
    passages = short parts of longer written works
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    SIRAT: the passage in the O.C. Bible that describes human life as a journey across a narrow bridge (the Sirat) with "Paradise on my right."  (source)
    passage = a short part of a longer written work
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    He also keeps his silence when Bible passages become shredded to justify unwinding, and kids start to see the face of God in the fragments.  (source)
    passages = short parts of a longer written work
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus

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    Ron pointed — at the end of a passage to the left, something huge was moving toward them.  (source)
    passage = corridor
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    This time, as he lay basking in the wonderful warmth, he felt the passage of time.  (source)
    passage = passing
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    The Emerald Tablet is a direct passage to the Soul of the World.  (source)
    passage = a way to get from one place to another
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    But it was the passage of time that worried them most.  (source)
    passage = passing
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    "Are there any secret passages?" said George.  (source)
    passages = ways of getting from one place to another
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    The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon.  (source)
    passage = corridors or hallways
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    It's a relief to be alone with Cinna, to feel his protective arm around my shoulders as he guides me away from the cameras, down a few passages and to an elevator that leads to the lobby of the Training Center.  (source)
    passages = pathways
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    The sergeant paced up and down the passage of soldiers.  (source)
    passage = corridor
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    A law in Germany forbids the princes and states from charging tolls or customs on bridges, rivers, or passages without the consent of the emperor and the diet [legislature].  (source)
    passages = ways of getting from one place to another
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    The slow journey up the Inside Passage unfolded in a gauzy reverie of anticipation.  (source)
    Passage = way to get from one place to another
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    The morgue acquiesced, and by Saturday afternoon we found out that he had died from acute epiglottitis, a rare but treatable virus that causes the epiglottis to swell and cover the air passages to the lungs.  (source)
    passages = pathways
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    There wasn't anything left, not even enough for my passage.  (source)
    passage = ticket for transportation
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    And then Edgar got his wish, for the dogs wheeled and plunged through the passages to their outside runs.  (source)
    passages = pathways
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