How to Use passerby in a Sentence

passerby

noun

• A passerby saw the accident and stopped to help.
• Passersby were asked if they were registered to vote.
• The man then crossed the street, and a passerby called 911.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
• After the attack, the man walked across the street, and a passerby called 911.
  — Rob Frehse, CNN, 13 July 2022
• At that point, a passerby in a truck honked the horn and yelled at the dog, which ran away.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Jan. 2020
• Just then, a passerby noticing the artist stopped him in the plaza.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian, 3 Oct. 2019
• The passerby tried to jump start the motor home, which did not work.
  — Claire Morgan, sacbee, 26 June 2018
• When a passerby stopped to join the pair, police stepped in.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2020
• Soon the street was empty, save for a passerby who shoved the dumpster back to the curb.
  — Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2021
• The shootout left the UPS driver and a passerby dead along with the hijackers.
  — Jeff Martin, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2024
• Emmett was found lying on the side of a road by a passerby at 2:30 a.m.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2019
• The deer was in an alfalfa field and the caller was a passerby.
  — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Nov. 2019
• With the help of another passerby, Clark carried the newborn elk to the side of the road and out of harm’s way.
  — Scott Craven, azcentral, 12 July 2018
• Jarod Wescott swam to shore, rushed to an ATV trail and flagged down a passerby who called 911.
  — Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
• Near 76th Street and Grange Avenue, a passerby got out of their car, took the horse's reins and led it to safety.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2023
• The passerby lost sight of the vehicle when it was parked in a shopping plaza.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 21 Apr. 2021
• The fire, which started on a rear deck, was noticed by a passerby.
  — Aegis Staff Report, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
• The woman said the passerby offered to give her a ride home but would not let Hurse in the car, the report said.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2021
• By 1983, a passerby could spot sheep grazing on the would-be runways.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2023
• The passerby called 911 and held the child until police arrived.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2022
• June Hilliard, a passerby who was shopping next to the Bath & Body Works, captured the strange sight on video.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2020
• There were instances in which a passerby threw an egg and poured a cup of urine on workers.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• The two also asked a passerby to take a photo of the two of them together.
  — CNN, 23 Feb. 2022
• The passerby posted the video on TikTok, and Stagg's efforts made the local news.
  — David Williams, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021
• The police told her that a passerby had found Andre lying in the street.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2021
• This is a town named for a random passerby, not for a sandwich spread.
  — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2018
• The false alarm started when a passerby spotted the large pooch on the top of an apartment building.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 16 Mar. 2022
• Watson asked a passerby to call 911 after Bartlett left the scene.
  — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• Two of his bodyguards were killed, along with a passerby, in the barrage of gunfire.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 5 July 2020
• The other day, in Madison Square Park, Gadsby was derailed mid-thought by the sound of a passerby rustling a paper bag.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025