Sentence examples for not just passive from inspiring English sources

Refugees are not just passive victims.

Their position is invidious, awful, unjust, but they are not just passive victims.

There is something in this; that they were not just passive spectators of the revolution.

Economic policy is not just some academic exercise, and we in Washington are not just passive spectators.

Nations are often not just passive bystanders but are complicit, as they continue with business as usual.

It gives people the opportunity to become active citizens, not just passive recipients of welfare, and it rebuilds communities devastated by the closure of the mines.

As they and our national governments develop energy policy, we should be demanding that they allow citizens to become active participants, not just passive consumers.

This study makes it clear that genetics play a part, too, and that mosquitoes are not just passive squirt guns for malaria parasites.

But it is important for Bangladeshis to recognize that we are not just passive victims of environmental calamity, but active agents in creating a sustainable future.

"Having female representation in board rooms makes sure that women are an integral part of this development and nation-building process — not just passive participants".

We're not just passive receivers for weird messages, or random collections of gears and levers: if we are machines, we are "particular" ones; if we are clocks, we are clocks with a difference.