How to Use pass as in a Sentence

pass as

phrasal verb

• If this was passed as well, the sales tax in the city would go up to 7.9% in the city and 5.9% in the rest of the county.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
• Goff hit him in the hands with a pass as the receiver leaned to the grass, and the ball clanked away.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Parker stayed long enough for what would pass as a short drive.
  — Tom Noie, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• Jay Ratliff came to Auburn as a tight end and caught two passes as a freshman.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 23 Apr. 2023
• Here is a record of passing as nettles vibrate and pinecones drop.
  — John Kinsella, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The younger actors are very good, if perhaps a bit mature-looking to pass as teens.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
• But Herbert also was picked off twice in that game and failed to throw a touchdown pass as the Chargers won late 17-14.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• The 2024 season is going to be a huge one for Mingo, who failed to haul in a touchdown pass as a rookie.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2024
• Can a Jewish man write fiction about a black man passing as a Jewish man in academia?
  — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• None of the flashes in the pan here like Avon Products or Xerox that passed as buy-and-hold-forever stocks 20 years back.
  — Matt Schifrin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• On this evening, some of the lightbulbs are broken, and a folding table covered with a white sheet passes as a dais.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
• Jeffery Wright, who also starred in the 2000 Shaft film with Roundtree and Jackson, responded to the news of the actor’s passing as well.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• The quick pace means new legislation that could restore those IVF treatments could pass as soon as next week.
  — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
• And while this moment didn’t come to pass as guessed, actor Jared Leto ensured the Birman cat was not erased from the evening altogether.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 2 May 2023
• And yet another weak low may pass as a frontal boundary sinks southward Friday.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• Madewell's Easy Shirt-Jacket works as outerwear while still passing as a button-down shirt.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
• The second law, passed as Senate Bill 233, comparatively dwarfs the first.
  — Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 15 May 2024
• What struck me post-graduation is how quickly time passes as the sheer quantity of tasks to complete grows.
  — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
• The law was originally passed as part of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a measure meant to curb corporate malfeasance.
  — Alan Feuer, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• Texans running back Devin Singletary had a touchdown pass as well.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• But humans have a dread fear of nonhumans passing as the real thing—replicants, lizard people, robots with skin.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• The entire ensemble could easily pass as an attire fit for a tunnel walk.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
• David Koma did it with monochromatic looks, playing with textures and silhouettes of boots that also pass as pants.
  — Luz Garcia, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
• Just as the singer noted the sister albums represent spring/summer and fall/winter, Swift wore a bright yellow gown that could pass as either a summer or fall dress.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
• Ruby Gillman, voiced by Lana Condor, is part of a family of four krakens passing as humans.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 28 June 2023
• Given the cuts, the immigration provisions opposed by Democrats and the lack of assistance for Ukraine, the stopgap proposal has no chance of passing as is in the Senate.
  — Carl Hulse, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• Recording her fourth assist, defender Westphal served Morgan with a 25-yard pass as Morgan posted up a defender in the 38th minute.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2023
• This elegant rolling pin will be one any home baker will be happy to use day after day, and with proper care, pass as an heirloom to the next generation of Southern bakers.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
• Questions were raised again in 2015 after the scandal surrounding Rachel Dolezal, an activist and college instructor accused of trying to pass as a Black woman.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• From on-trend wide-leg jeans that could pass as vintage denim to athletic-fit skinny jeans that wouldn’t look out of place on a Saint Laurent runway, our favorite pairs are ready to elevate any outfit.
  — Jake Smith, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024