How to Use pass away in a Sentence

pass away

verb
  • His first wife passed away five years ago.
    — Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Rick passed away this week at 79.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
  • By the time my son was born, my mom had passed away.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Sheryl passed away the next day.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • One of those patients has passed away.
    — Jonathan Mattise, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • My stepson passed away five years ago.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Her mother passed away last year.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • My beloved father has passed away.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • My beloved father has passed away.
    — Marta Martínez Tato, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
  • My mom passed away and nobody gave a s---.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
  • The dog passed away later that evening.
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • My friend of 50 years passed away a few months ago.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Juan Gabriel … wrote that song when his mom passed away.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 29 May 2026
  • Sakahara passed away that year.
    — Yumi Asada, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • My mom has now passed away and dad is 80 years old.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Her younger son passed away in 2017.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
  • My dad passed away eight years ago at 66 years of age.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • Ojeh passed away in May at age 45.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • There's people who pass away in it and things like that.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Løchen passed away when Trier was a child.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Her daughter passed away at the age of 31.
    — Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • Robert Redford has passed away.
    — Hannah Parry amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • My first husband passed away at 26.
    — Amy Morin, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But when Bobby passed away, man, it was done.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2026
  • My husband passed away 10 years ago.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the team members have passed away but many of them are still in touch.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Tatiana passed away last year at the age of 35.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 June 2026
  • Frank passed away on May 19 in Maine.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
  • My father passed away and left me a large sum of money.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
  • My void is missing my husband who passed away last year.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025

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