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
  • 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
  • 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 | Crobinson@al.com, 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
  • 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
  • Outside, a man held a paper 7-Eleven cup, and asked a passerby for some spare change.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Colbert handed a polystyrene foam cup of tea to a passerby and added a bill to a wad in her hand.
    Gale Holland Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Bill said that a passerby had spotted tiny Brianna peering through the glass case of the gun counter, and had bought her the .22 on the spot.
    Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 13 July 2022
  • The fire mostly went out on its own but a passerby stomped out the remaining embers, the video shows.
    Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The woman and a passerby fought the lion off, but Eva was badly injured.
    Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
  • Police were notified of the body by a passerby around 8 a.m. Dec. 6, said Sgt.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Dec. 2021
  • On June 20, a passerby found Lauren's purse in a nearby park and turned it over to police.
    Elaine Aradillas, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Charley fired 4 shots at their adversary, but hit a passerby instead, Clark said.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Before the pair flee the business, one of the suspects pulls up most of his ski mask before walking out of the back door and being spotted by a passerby directly standing outside the door.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024

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