Sentence examples for which passed as from inspiring English sources

Rabe grew up with a certain wariness, which passed as shyness.

I spent the eight-hour journey vomiting through the hole (which passed as a toilet) in the floor of the train.

The most important Arabic philosophical work to transmit Proclus' ideas was the Liber de causis ("Book of Causes"), which passed as a work of Aristotle in medieval times despite its dependence upon Proclus' own Institutio theologica (Elements of Theology).

This weekend's collapse of the Geneva Syria "peace" talks throws into stark relief the unenviable fact that the White House has run out of "Hail Mary" passes which passed as its Syria policy.

As I lamented over the "good old days" when athletes performed clean, I imagined old black and white films and photos of Tour de France cyclists and pro football players, with their heavy bicycles having just one gear, and their rickety leather helmets which "passed" as protection back in the day.

"What you then get is someone who is passionate only for as long as his own child is there, which passes as soon as they move on".

The problems start pretty much as soon as the plane hits the tarmac and I join the general melee of travellers at the open-sided hut which passes as Canaima airport.

Nor can we conceive it may be unwelcome unto those honoured Worthies, who endeavour the advancement of Learning: as being likely to find a clearer progression, when so many rubs are levelled, and many untruths taken off, which passing as principles with common beliefs, disturb the tranquility of Axioms, which otherwise might be raised.

Talk radio, talk television and the newspapers are nourished by the latest polls, which pass as news.

But superior forgeries typically secrete subliminally up-to-the-minute associations, which pass, at first blush, as signs of "timeless" genius.

When she passed the examination, SOC asked for a second one, which she passed as well, according to results shared by her lawyer, Jay Ellwanger.