8 example sentences using passing.
Passing used in a sentence
Passing in a sentence as a noun
By passing `true` to `host_vmxon`, you're requesting _exclusive_ access to the VT-x extensions.
There is something special that has died here and, if only for old time's sake, we can mourn its passing.
Much of what he has said/written in the past has gained stature with the passing of time.--Edit: added last sentence.
Passing in a sentence as an adjective
These are usually those people you knew in high school/college who were excellent at studying for and passing tests.
She's had her personal space and privacy violated in a terrible way, and you're passing around her contact details?
He isn't passing blame around, but accepting responsibility.
Passing in a sentence as an adverb
You must memorize the techniques to our satisfaction or your performance on the state standardized exams will be so poor that they will be forced to lower the passing grades.
Every profession I have even a passing familiarity with is absolutely chockers with self-congratulatory fluff.
Passing definitions
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long"
See also: pass
euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar passings can perturb the orbits of comets"
See also: passage
the end of something; "the passing of winter"
a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of flatus"
See also: passage
going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"
See also: overtaking
success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in introductory chemistry"
See also: pass qualifying
lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
See also: ephemeral short-lived transient transitory fugacious
of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good passing attack"; "a pass play"
allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection) satisfactorily; "a passing grade"
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
See also: casual cursory perfunctory
to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
See also: extremely exceedingly super