Sentence examples for * passiveness from inspiring English sources

Passive aggression or passiveness.

No sitting back, no passiveness, no complaints.

The Spaniards' characteristic trait was a certain passiveness.

"We have been disappointed with the passiveness that was shown in this respect".

Wordsworth understood that the poet needs "wise passiveness" and "a heart that watches and receives".

His passiveness is depicted so sketchily, though, that he stands as the novel's main failure.

I was an expert at this form of denial and passiveness.

Trump's passiveness in Flint betrayed his hustle — when confronted, he folds like a badly run casino.

Some say the president's hand will be strengthened by his passiveness.

This approach cannot do justice to Wordsworth, the poet of "wise passiveness," whose life was largely empty of outward incident.

Other parents see woodworking as a way of counteracting the passiveness of logging on and tuning out.