an angel passes
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.15 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There was a momentary silence. Mrs. Oliver said: "Is it twenty-to or twenty past? An angel passing . . . My feet aren't crossed—it must be a black angel!""
- "As Case was picking up his beer, one of those strange instants of silence descended, as though a hundred unrelated conversations had simultaneously arrived at the same pause. […] Ratz grunted. “An angel passed.”"
Inflected Forms
an angel passes by (alternative)