How to use "passed" in a sentence

I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution - which amendment, however, I have not seen - has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans - born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage - and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.

To those new states whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny

'I passed this place at 3.15,' Constable Neil said, 'but there was nothing here.'

Then he left for work and passed Spitalfields Church at about 5.32 a.m.

They passed a man and a woman at the corner of Church Passage that led into Mitre Square

The three men passed on

When Sarah Lewis passed Christ Church near Dorset Street, the church clock struck 2.30

Sarah Lewis, the witness who passed Christ Church at 2.30 a.m., said she saw a man standing by a lodging house opposite Miller's Court

The weeks passed and, although she was happier than she had been for a long time, Fantine caught a fever

The December days passed in great happiness for Cosette and for Jean Valjean, too

Weeks passed, and the two lived happily

Several minutes passed, and then the light disappeared

She looked up when Marius passed for the second time, and gave him a casual glance

For the next few days he passed the bench in the Gardens without looking at her

He was sure, this time, that she had watched him as he passed

Summer and autumn passed, and winter came, but Marius saw no sign of M

Nearly half an hour passed

'The bullet passed through my hand,' Eponine murmured, 'but it came out through my back

I believe Father O'Connor passed away nearly ten years ago."

the floors passed by so quickly

As they passed the enormous hologram wall by the entrance, Cham put his arm around Sala

"Niki and I passed the laboratory the other day - there were loads of people looking for work."

A few days had passed since Sala's decision, and she was feeling happy about it

She waited there on the edge of her seat, anxious and impatient, as time passed

Before long, they passed through a district that Sala had never visited before

Seconds passed

She passed the time at the energy center, with Niki, or watching story-streams

The minutes passed

We passed through doors and up and down wide stairs

The moment passed

The night passed, hour after hour

Five minutes passed

The hours passed and the miles went by, Favell's car always behind us.

This year had passed in a blur of twelve- and fourteen-hour days, with no vacations and rarely a weekend off.

At least a year and a half, maybe two years, had passed since a man had looked at her in quite that fashion

"She passed away three years ago."

He enjoyed discussing antiques and paintings with her, and an hour passed in what seemed to be only ten minutes.

As an hour passed in front of the fire, and then another hour, Tina discovered that she liked Elliot Stryker more with each new thing she learned about him.

Tina passed a leafy green plant, a four-foot-high schefflera that she had owned since it was only one-fourth as tall as it was now, and she had the insane urge to stop and risk getting caught in the coming explosion just long enough to pick up the plant and take it with her

A long time had passed since his years in military intelligence, since the nights of fear in the Persian Gulf and in countless cities scattered around the Mideast and Asia

Even at 1:45 in the morning, as they passed the entrances to casinos, loud music and laughter and the ringing of slot machines gushed forth, not a merry sound at that hour, a regurgitant noise.

A dozen times, she passed chinks in the wall, and Death glared out at her from every one of those apertures, screamed and cursed and raged at her, but none of the holes was large enough to allow him through

A minute passed.

A minute passed, then another.

They hadn't passed another car in three miles.

They passed a few signs that told them the lane they were using was kept open for the exclusive benefit of federal and state wildlife officers and researchers

He was driving at only ten miles an hour, but she gave him so little warning that he passed the turnoff

The bullet had partially cauterized the wound as it passed through

She couldn't pinpoint what else about his eyes made him so different from any eyes she had ever seen, but as she met Danny's gaze, a shiver passed through her, and she felt a profound and terrible pity for him.

By this time, we had passed the one-year mark in the development process, and I knew we were not going to wind up with a usable script, so I didn't insist on discussing whether the rubber tires would melt off the vehicle within two hundred yards or three, or ponder at what point the gasoline tank might explode

'I believe that Mrs Protheroe passed by your garden yesterday evening?'

It felt as though years had passed when I heard the door open and Melchett entered the room

I passed him one of the letters and he read it aloud.

Coming home, a group of party-goers from Chertsey passed us, singing and playing music

'It's moving,' he said to me as he passed, '- unscrewing and unscrewing

As the unseen ray of light passed over them, trees caught fire and even the bushes exploded into flame

But it passed and let me live, and left the night around me suddenly dark and unfamiliar

Beside him ran a little boy He passed me, wishing me good-night

As it passed it gave a deafening howl that was louder than the thunder - 'Aloo! Aloo!' - and a minute later it was with another one, half a kilometer away, bending over something in a field

The thunderstorm had passed

They had passed me and two were bending over the fallen one.

Then trains carrying large guns and many soldiers passed through the station, moving towards Kingston

Silence returned, and three minutes passed.

And as time passed and the engine drivers and firemen refused to return to London, the people turned in growing crowds away from the stations and onto the roads running north

As they passed the bend in the road, my brother saw a man lying not far away

When his eyes were clear again, the warship had passed and was rushing towards the land

As we passed other small towns, we found them unaffected by either Heat-Ray or Black Smoke, and there were some people alive, although none could give us news

The curate, who had been lying silently with his arms over his head, looked up as I passed, cried out quite loudly and came running after me.

After that, the streets became clear of powder and I passed some white houses which were on fire

When I passed streets that ran to the north it grew louder, and then houses and buildings seemed to cut it off again

A man standing at the open door of a house greeted me by name as I passed

When we passed Hampton Court Palace, Harris asked, 'Have you ever visited the maze here?' He said he had gone into the maze once to show a friend

When we passed Molesey Lock, we were the only boat in the big lock

I saw him looking at the church, as we passed near it, so I moved the boat suddenly, and Harris's cap fell into the water

We passed by Wallingford and Dorchester

As I passed a policeman, I heard a carriage on the road behind me

Just then, Miss Fairlie passed by the window again

The days and weeks at Limmeridge House passed so quickly! What a happy time that was! I spent every day in the company of two excellent ladies

Six lonely months have passed, and I am with dear Laura once more, but we now live at Blackwater Park, Sir Percival's house in Hampshire

A little more than a year had passed since she had said that, and now her wish had come true

She tested better than John Glenn, the man who went to the Moon! She passed her tests and was ready to go into space