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Synonyms for passing away

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pas, pahs
Phonetic Transcription : pæs, pɑs

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Définition of passing away

Origin :
  • "written permission to pass into, or through, a place," 1590s, from pass (v.). Sense of "ticket for a free ride or admission" is first found 1838. Colloquial make a pass "offer an amorous advance" first recorded 1928, perhaps from a sporting sense. Phrase come to pass (late 15c.) uses the word with a sense of "completion, accomplishment."
  • verb die
Example sentences :
  • In the absence of all material evidences his uneasiness was passing away.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • It would seem as if he anticipated the hour of his passing away.
  • Extract from : « The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 » by Various
  • The perils that had seemed so threatening were passing away.
  • Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
  • How is the passing away of the Old Testament saints spoken of?
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) » by Various
  • Even so is it with the generations of mankind, the new spring up as the old are passing away.
  • Extract from : « The Iliad » by Homer
  • The single point where she failed was as to the time of his passing away.
  • Extract from : « Seen and Unseen » by E. Katharine Bates
  • Light had shone into that clouded spirit; the shadows were passing away.
  • Extract from : « Working in the Shade » by Theodore P Wilson
  • Even as they were passing away we used to wish they would last for ever.
  • Extract from : « Our Home in the Silver West » by Gordon Stables
  • To what, then, may we attribute the passing away of interest and enthusiasm?
  • Extract from : « The Works Of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 (of 7) » by Lord Byron
  • She looked at him, and she thought of his passing away from her forever more.
  • Extract from : « Phyllis of Philistia » by Frank Frankfort Moore

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