Sentence examples for passive man from inspiring English sources

Rejas is neither a robust caricature nor a passive man who finally reaches his breaking point.

She recalls a married Dr. Z, a passive man by nature, well known for the lovers he acquired.

A passive man can be an affable companion, but Terrence in Robert Glaudini's "Identical Same Temptation" is ridiculous.

It is not that of a fiery overstrained nature but of a calm, passive man deeply and thoughtfully in earnest... His eyes impressed me most of all.

As Lithgow superbly plays him — a big, passive man with a small, dithering voice — Edward refuses to engage; he hides behind his books, his silences, and his vagueness.

This sets the book on its designated trajectory, from the story of a passive man to that of one who's goaded into action and self-knowledge.

He is more executioner than victim but he also affects a passive man-in-the-street air.

Mr. Weitz understands the nastiness that lurks within sweet, passive men; so does Mr. Braff.

Her uniquely spiritual eroticism turned men into willing slaves, and she was often at her best with rather passive men — frequently asexual or unisexual or homosexual (though not meant to be in the course of the films).

The best that Albee's characters manage to do is steel themselves or bulwark themselves against the fake, often within hollow conventions like marriage that his domineering women and seemingly passive men cling to and talk about wryly, and with more longing than their shared bitchiness would ever let on.

Mr. Gamazon plays the central character, Adam -- a slightly chubby, passive young man who works as a security guard in San Diego.