passerby

noun

pass·er·by ˌpa-sər-ˈbī

ˈpa-sər-ˌbī

plural passersby ˌpa-sərz-ˈbī

ˈpa-sərz-ˌbī

: one who passes by

A passerby saw the accident and offered to help.

Examples of passerby in a Sentence

A passerby saw the accident and stopped to help. Passersby were asked if they were registered to vote.

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The truck caught fire after the crash, and one person, who has not been identified, was pulled out by a passerby and taken to a hospital. —

Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024 Monday, Austin police officers were flagged down by a passerby who said a woman was bleeding in the alley of the 500 block of East Sixth Street, the news release stated. —

Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Aug. 2024 Loren Drain was born in her family’s home on the North Side, thanks to help from a passerby who was a doctor. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024 On Friday, the mayor praised a passerby who alerted authorities to the Brooklyn urban wildfire. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for passerby