Sentence examples for feeling passive from inspiring English sources

I remember feeling passive, like the most consequential things in life were the ones that happened to me, sometimes for no apparent reason.

Not feeling passive, not feeling helpless, not feeling, "What's the point; I won't live to see the benefit" but rather to start changes now even if the change won't come to fruition until future generations.

(2) I am feeling passive aggressive so I will buy them for my niece because it's the socially acceptable equivalent of giving her mother the finger for Christmas.

Lemon's question is particularly obtuse not only because Tarshis was drugged when Cosby allegedly assaulted her, but also because many rape survivors report feeling passive or paralyzed during their attack.

Ordered an "I'd Rather Be DRIVING" license plate frame for those times I'm feeling passive-aggressive about traffic.

She's just the sort of person snobbish Adam detests, but his woes have left him feeling oddly passive, and he quietly acquiesces when she invites him to dinner at her apartment in the suburbs.

Gestures of public sympathy, including moments of silence, flowers, candles, and messages of support seem to transform a feeling of passive victimhood into a feeling of support and resistance.

For example, if your carpool ride is late every day, instead of never saying anything but feeling angry (passive) or exploding at the driver and calling her names (aggressive), try to communicate your frustration with assertive expression.

The work of Cathrine Gyldensted at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that it leads to 'learned helplessness' and leaves us feeling passive.

Feelings are passive in that they have something existent as an object (that is any object of a true judgment) while active feelings are related to a duty (object of a voluntary act).

Rather than being upfront and honest when questioned about his feelings, the passive aggressive child insists, "I'm not mad" even when he is seething on the inside.