Sentence examples for it's passive from inspiring English sources

For myself, I'm rather attracted to a different sort of passivity (well, maybe it's passive aggressive) -- the genteel coddling of the Victorian invalid.

It's passive.

"It's passive restoration," he says.

"One of the beautiful things about Facebook is that it's passive communication, and it gives people freedom to respond — or not — in whichever way they are most comfortable".

"Something people can actually place on their radiators, just to evaporate water: it's passive, it's the most energy-efficient option you could possibly have, and it's what people used to do".

It's passive zombie-feed scrolling, not active communication with friends, that hurts our health, according to studies Facebook has been pointing to for the last seven months.

"It's passive-aggressive, like everything in the subway," said Ms. Melendez, a nurse from Park Slope, Brooklyn.

It's passive-aggressive: remarking on a lack of exercise with a snippy "That's OK, every day's a bit different".

It's also powered by a magnificent lead performance from Joanna Scanlan, best known as The Thick of It's passive-aggressive civil servant Terri Coverley, who here plays her antithesis: Detective Inspector Viv Deering, the head of the department, a bottle-blonde, straight-talking force of nature in red heels.

I'm liking that it's passive-glasses 3D; active glasses are a thing of the past and glasses-less isn't quite there yet.

It is passive exercise.