Sentence examples for having been passive from inspiring English sources

He took little interest in politics, in which respect he is regarded as having been "passive".

So far, the Yankees have been passive about Teixeira.

India may have been passive after the Mumbai attacks.

He has been passive in the face of recent setbacks.

It has been passive and so Europe attempts to fill the vacuum.

The Yankees, meanwhile, have been passive in their approach to Glavine.

China and Europe have been passive, not assuming the leadership that one would expect from true world leaders.

Mitt Romney thinks Obama has been "passive" with the Islamists; aid could be slashed.

But on most other environmental issues, Obama has been passive, silent or dismissive.

Pentagon officials said Syrian radar had been "passive" during the air raids.

Up to the time of Hargobind, the Sikh religion had been passive.