How to Use "Passage" with Example Sentences

passage (n): a paragraph or essay; a path; movement

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Used with verbs:

"Read the passage and answer the questions."
(read, study, memorize)

"She cites passages from the book."
(cites, quotes, writes, translates)

"Policemen are blocking the passage of cars near the accident."
(be + blocking, be + preventing, be + allowing, be + permitting)

Used with adjectives:

"The opening passage of her novel is boring."
(opening, final)

"She wrote a short passage at the beginning of her first novel."
(short, lengthy)

"They found a hidden passage to the forest."
(hidden, dark, long, short, narrow, small, winding, underground, secret)

Used with prepositions:

"She quoted a passage from the book."
(from, in)

"They are looking for a passage through the mountains."
(though, across, down, out of, over)