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Literary notes about passed (AI summary)

The word “passed” is remarkably versatile in literature, serving to denote a range of transitions—whether they be temporal, spatial, or metaphorical. In many passages, the term marks the flowing nature of time, as hours, days, or even entire eras slip away quietly ([1], [2]). It also conveys physical movement and progression, such as characters moving through landscapes or scenes ([3], [4]), and it can subtly communicate life’s transitions, including the euphemistic expression of death or change in fortune ([5], [6]). Thus, “passed” functions both literally and figuratively, encapsulating the relentless, often imperceptible, march of events and emotions that define the narrative journey.
  1. Three hours passed away without any sign to indicate what might be before us.
    — from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
  2. The second night passed as the first had done.
    — from English Fairy Tales
  3. A moment later we passed the mouth of a muddy creek.
    — from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
  4. He walked on quickly, passed them, and then turned round, so as to meet them face to face.
    — from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
  5. The moment she touched actual life, she marred it, and it marred her, and so she passed away.
    — from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  6. My life might have been passed in ease and luxury; but I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth placed in my path.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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