Sentence examples for what passed for from inspiring English sources

His was what passed for a happy story in Rwanda.

Or what passed for normal before we knew better.

(Yes, that's what passed for entertainment in the 1980s).

That's what passed for neighborhood recovery in the early going.

I had what passed for long hair in those days.

So this is what passed for a Devils parade.

Federer caused what passed for a commotion Friday, drawing camera crews and autograph seekers.

The Prenzlauer Berg district of East Berlin was what passed for bohemia there.

And what passed for innovation was more often a reinterpretation of greatest hits.

An occasional squadron of geese honking while flying overhead was what passed for a disturbance.

Civilization, or what passed for it, seemed to have gained a toehold in the forest.