Definition: 1. A section of text; particularly a section of medium length. 2. The act of passing from one state or place to the next. 3. A way through or along which someone or something may pass. 4. A journey usually by ship. 5. A short section of a musical composition. 6. A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass.
Use 'passage' in a sentence:
1. He plays some passages so slowly that they become lugubrious.
2. Kindly explain this passage.
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions below.
4. The officers forced a passage through the crowd.
5. Two men suddenly elbowed a passage through the shoppers.
6. You may have free passage across our territory whenever you require it.
7. The bill had a difficult passage through Parliament.
8. The offices were a warren of small rooms and passages.
9. Certain passages were excised from the book.
10. Her confidence grew with the passage of time.
11. She sought the good offices of the President for the smooth passage of the Bill.
12. We'd arrived the day before after a 10-hour passage from Anchorage.
13. The gaslights in the passage would be on, turned low.
14. Large trees may obstruct the passage of light.
15. Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
16. They walked sideways through a narrow passage.
17. Read the passage carefully.
18. A passage was cleared through the crowd like magic.
19. Harry stepped into the passage and closed the door behind him.
20. He cleared a passage for himself through the crammed streets.
21. Mack knew this passage by heart.
22. The passage of heat through rock is extremely slow.
23. Can you translate this passage into German?
24. A dark narrow passage led to the main hall.
25. He inched his way through the narrow passage.
26. The passage doesn't tell us.
27. We walked down a narrow passage to the back of the building.
28. The bill is now guaranteed an easy passage through the House of Representatives.
29. Later in this same passage Yeats resumes his argument for the Rose as an Irish symbol.
30. That passage interested me because it seems to parallel very closely what you're doing in the novel.
31. He read a passage from Emerson.
32. The door swung open, disclosing a long dark passage.
33. Her grandfather had worked his passage (= worked on a ship to pay for the journey) to America.
34. My office is just along the passage.
35. They were unwilling, or unable, to guarantee safe passage from the city to the aircraft.
36. He quoted a passage from the minister's speech.
37. We were promised safe passage through the occupied territory.
38. Her grandfather had worked his passage to America.
39. Many phrases in the last two chapters echo earlier passages.
40. She is a beacon of hope for women navigating the darkest passage of their lives.
41. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna.
42. An asset that increases in value with the passage of time.
43. Mr. Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna.
44. We were promised (a) safe passage through the occupied territory.
45. It's been 200 years since the passage of the Bill of Rights.
46. He reads a passage from Milton.
47. This little room was along a passage and down some steps.
48. How is the passage organized?
49. I've highlighted the important passages in yellow.
50. .up some stairs and along a narrow passage towards a door.
51. What's the topic of this passage?
52. Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current.
53. Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain.
