Sentence examples for complete inaction from inspiring English sources

Such antics suggested that he never quite got over the paradoxical nature of his own slow-chosen profession, the dynamism that must flow from nearly complete inaction, the rigorously repeated mechanics performed within an atmosphere of smoky lassitude.

The state government said it had taken the step because of "suspicion that the force had probably been infiltrated by criminal groups" and "the complete inaction of the municipal police in fighting the crime wave".

In 1999 Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema faced the Kosovo crisis on his doorstep, and, in contrast to Italy's complete inaction during the four preceding years of war in the Balkans, Italy permitted the use of its bases to bomb targets in Yugoslavia.

That means that only complete inaction by Congress will drive the trust fund balances to zero.

The fact that some senators were succumbing to pressure from the marijuana industry while others may have been concerned the per-se limit was too high is no excuse for complete inaction on such a critical public safety issue.

"And that is not to mention their complete inaction on federal unemployment insurance, which has now been cut off to nearly 3 million Americans who are desperately searching for work," said Levin.

But there are reforms that have become blindingly obvious to both experts and regular citizens, making the last several years of congressional inaction and complete surrender to the gun lobby all the more obscene.

An instant of inaction brings about the "complete breakdown of society . . . and ultimately the end of the world".

The precautionary principle (slippery concept that it is), rests on the idea that less-than-complete knowledge is no reason for inaction.

There's inaction on the federal level and complete dysfunction in Congress.

"That pretext for inaction has simply disappeared – it is a complete line in the sand.