Wall took it upon himself to write the Viceregent a polite but firmly passive-aggressive letter: we can't wait for you to visit Saskatchewan, where you will respect how much we love the Lord.
The sinister "telescreens" placed in people's homes spewed propaganda and conducted surveillance, keeping the population passive and the leadership firmly in control.
Passive aggression or passiveness.
Expansive sweeps and broken areas of brushwork interact, inflected by shapes that are at times passive and formless, at others crisp and firmly outlined, even geometrical.
With pipe clamped firmly between his teeth, Voss presents us with a passive observer simply looking forward to a few days of quiet fishing.
To avoid involuntary spreading, special care should be to hold the lip firmly with the thumb and the forefinger of the passive hand, while introducing the needle with the other hand.
If democratic governments fail to firmly stand up to such outrages, they not only lose credibility but become passive aides of the torturers who commit these crimes.
As we swing between counterproductive table pounding and passive non-interference, we must muster the will to interfere quietly but firmly when we are on solid moral ground — standing up for the Afghan people and for principles of honest governance.
According to the results, the passive arm is easy to operate, is stable to hold, and self-locks firmly; fulfilling these requirements shows that it meets all the clinical treatment requirements.
Kassie answered firmly "yes," but Kallie, wife of a youth minister and mother of two, was much more passive: "She will write it.
"I was passive super passive".
