They passed more men who had simply stopped; given up.

She passed several men, but none gave her a second glance.

Going up, I passed a man who owed me money.

On his way out, he passed an elderly man and woman who had just come into the museum.

His skin burned as the man passed through a hot region.

There was some disturbance as this man passed to the front.

The old man passed on the deed to the house to his daughter after she got married.

An example of a neutral comment was "passed a man on the street."

Later, when they passed men crying for help, he continued on without stopping.

On the way there he passed a young man, looking no more than twenty, sitting in a wheelchair.