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passing

— noun (= pass, passing play) (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate the coach sent in a passing play on third and long — adjective (= ephemeral, transient, transitory, fugacious) lasting a very short time the ephemeral joys of childhood a passing fancy youth's transient beauty love is transitory but it is eternal fugacious blossoms — noun euphemistic expressions for death thousands mourned his passing — noun the motion of one object relative to another stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets — noun the end of something the passing of winter — noun (= pass) success in satisfying a test or requirement his future depended on his passing that test he got a pass in introductory chemistry — noun going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me — adjective (= pass) of advancing the ball by throwing it a team with a good passing attack a pass play — adjective allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily a passing grade — noun (= passage) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another the passage of air from the lungs the passing of flatus — adjective (= casual, cursory, perfunctory) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws a passing glance perfunctory courtesy — adverb (= extremely) to an extreme degree extremely cold extremely unpleasant

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passage going fleeting ephemeral pass crossing transient transitory temporary fugacious short-lived overtaking departure brief transmission impermanent expiration death casual transfer release moving momentary ford exceedingly dying demise delivery very termination super success spending running qualifying proceeding perfunctory passing play passing game passing by loss lapse handing over fugitive flying extremely exit evanescent decease cursory

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Simple sentences

He became more mature with the passing of the years.

Rays of sunlight are passing through the leaves.

He amazed everyone by passing his driving test.

Rick was over the moon about passing the exam.

After all, he succeeded in passing the exam.

When he saw Jesus passing by, he said.

He is only a passing chance acquaintance.

I am sure of his passing the exam.

I congratulate you on passing the examination.

Each passing car threw up a cloud of dust.

Our teacher showed us different kinds of flowers and told us in passing that those flowers came from her garden.

A passing car splashed water on us.

He was passing by on his bicycle when he heard a cry for help.

They were rescued by a passing ship.

Passing through the strong wind, the planes rock like this, but don't worry.

I am sure of his passing the examination.

I'm confident of passing the examination.

The passing car splashed muddy water on me.

I somehow got a passing grade in mathematics.

He was picked up by a passing ship.

She is positive of passing the test.

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Am I the only one to be pick on? Am I some kind of passing dog?

There's not a single person passing by.

I was passing through on my way to the ranges for a pig hunt with a few lads from HQ.

I just want to talk about your mother's passing. Why?

He'll be passing through London on his way to New Guinea.

A passing fad, I'm sure.

Passing through France, my only desire has been to see her, but she has not kept our rendez-vous.

I have reflected at length on the origin and passing of the Great Death in my hometown of Wisborg.

Just fine. Say, Black Elk was telling me that all the Indians in the West was gathering to keep you all from passing through.

We're passing through Paris on our way to London.

I'm just passing through.

Just passing through.

How about passing that?

Duke, would you mind passing me that rucksack that's beside you?

Well, I remind you of the Doppler effect that everybody knows from a passing police car or ambulance.

After being dropped, multiple reentry vehicles will separate from the capsules while passing through the atmosphere, and upon reaching the stratosphere, the reentry vehicles will subsequently release the micro-drones.

Be prepared to speak on behalf of the Empire with the great, immortal lama whose soul is forever passing from a dead body to a new one.

My government sincerely regrets your recent passing away and gladly welcomes your new reincarnation.

Say, Black Elk was telling me that all the Injuns in the West was gathering to keep you all from passing' through.

How about you and I passing out on the veranda?

You're passing up the whitest man on earth for a dirty, no-good.

There is nothing more to be said, except the passing of sentence.

I merely mention him in passing.

Now that he is back, you must realize that that love is still there and this is merely a passing infatuation.

If you'd save your wind to fill your sails. you might keep us from passing you.

Passing out beer to the neighborhood kids.

She borrowed the sugar. -l recall passing the sugar.

Nothing. We were just passing.

I'm asking you to go see a movie with me after passing through it arm-in-arm.

I was passing by.

AND I'M PASSING IT ON TO YOU.

He's passing gallantly through the chorus girl phase now, isn't he?

Passing all those supply trains and guns.

You can also practice by passing a coin. from your left hand to your right sleeve.

Just a passing fancy.

Passing out beer to the neighborhood kids. Throwing dollar bills like confetti.

Oh, why do I go on pretending. lying to myself, saying it's only a passing flirtation. when I know I'm only telling myself the things I want to believe?

Ringo said he'll be passing this way in.six or seven minutes.

And may I comment in passing that it seems awfully strange to order a man out of his own bedroom just because a squealing corpse has washed ashore.

Tell me, is your whole life passing in front of your eyes?

My whole life is passing in front of my eyes right now, and it's not a pretty picture.

News and current affairs

That effort appears to have backfired, because the Republicans that he leads initially balked at passing the legislation.

President Barack Obama will lose any hope for passing progressive legislation aimed at helping the poor or the environment.

In Cuba, Fidel Castro's eventual passing from the scene represents an immense challenge.

With its passing, people became passive once more.

Will convergence remain rapid, or will it be a passing phase in world economic history?

On the contrary, the shadow is lengthening with each passing day, owing to the absence of effective policies to get the flow of economy-wide nominal spending back on its previous track.

The latest example highlighting this flaw is Dexia, the Belgian-French banking group that failed in 2011 - just after passing the European Banking Authority's stress test with flying colors.

But the odds on a soft landing are lengthening with each passing day.

Tudjman's death opens the additional question of presidential elections, which must be held within 60 days after his passing.

After all, unpopular parties and falling electoral turnout may merely be passing phenomena.

The ANU's decision looks like a sage one to anyone not in thrall to oil and gas companies, and it will only look wiser with the passing of time.

Does this new emphasis on happiness represent a shift or just a passing fad?

But Hirschman also would no doubt chide developing country governments for not living up to their responsibilities and for passing on the buck so freely to these external agencies.

In doing so, they are passing up an historic opportunity to take the lead on nuclear disarmament.

Moreover, governments from Alabama to Hungary are passing laws that undermine what should be migrants' rights.

The Iraq war was ostensibly launched because of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, yet each passing day suggests that the threat was exaggerated.

A longstanding sidekick of Cheney, Rumsfeld traveled to Baghdad in 1983 and 1984 at the behest of former Bechtel Corporation President George Shultz, then passing a bit of non-corporate time as US Secretary of State.

In the short run, though, the world is engaged in a gigantic game of passing the parcel, with no country wanting to take the habitual exporters' goods and their capital surpluses.

The victory of the famed opposition trade-union movement, Solidarity, in Eastern Europe's first free election since 1946 was eclipsed by the violent crackdown in Beijing and Khomeini's tumultuous passing.

Passing a comprehensive Immigration Bill that normalizes the legal status of millions of Latin American workers in the US may help.

The US under President Jimmy Carter made an important contribution in passing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which made bribery by American companies anywhere in the world illegal.

Indeed, every passing day now seems to bring worse news-even weekends no longer provide respite from the steady stream of gloom!

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