Sentence examples for more passive on from inspiring English sources

Scotland showed that they do have the skills to do this and against a French defence that traditionally pushes up very hard in the middle of the field but are more passive on the edges.

In the former kind of patients, selection and method of administration become significant and imply an operability that is always "active" for the therapeutic team and more and more "passive" on the part of the patient.

These skills help the facilitator to engage all participants in the discussion (both very active participants as the more passive ones), keep the conversation on topic, ensure smooth transition between topics, keep the group enthusiastic, never give his/her own opinion, and all while following the focus group guidelines [ 31].

Carey's charm is a more passive one.

The Department of Justice, which under Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a more passive stance on voting rights, declined to comment on Monday's news.

Every cast member shapes a thoroughly individual portrait of ambivalence, from Ms. Bibb's glowing openness to Ms. Fischer's hair-trigger combativeness (quite a contrast to her more passive Pam on "The Office").

And there may be some truth to the idea: a 1998 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that we become more passive as the day wears on.

SUE MILLER "There's something more passive about listening to a book on tape: you receive it.

As a supporting act on this 2014 tour, the Naked and Famous displayed more passive than aggressive behavior, and despite their passionate delivery, disappeared without an encore.

People are more passive in the former, while, in the latter, they are on a mission to find specific content.

"We were much more passive about information in the past.