Sentence examples for this could pass for from inspiring English sources

Considering how they felt a year ago, this could pass for brotherhood in Brooklyn.

This could pass for a scene of tolerant multiculturalism, except that at every street corner stand groups of grey-uniformed police.

Unless you notice the Swiss customs officials, who are not particularly obtrusive, this could pass for a large self-storage operation in Queens.

This could pass for a snappy rejoinder in the 19th century, when man's ability to alter what he found objectionable was relatively feeble.

In an era of Frank Ocean soul meditation, this could pass for artistry, but really it's a gesture of conservatism, an argument for the album as a whole over whatever abbreviated singles will eventually be shipped to radio.

With some imagination, and a dozen extras, this could pass for the maritime hiring hall where Freddie Quell, a drifter played by Joaquin Phoenix, looked for work back in about 1951, before stumbling through the docks of San Francisco to his much stranger destiny in a movie that is expected to be called "The Master".

This crew could pass for one on a shake-down cruise.

This movie could pass for the de facto fifth day of the convention itself.

Made of titanium this particular piece could pass for a modern minimalist mechanical.

This spiky fruit could pass for a video game hazard.

From the neck down, this Japanese man could pass for a Japanese schoolgirl as he parades all over Tokyo dressed in "Seifuku," the name for the sailor outfits worn by teenage girls.