Sentence examples for passive thing from inspiring English sources

And it wasn't just a passive thing.

Acceptance is not a passive thing.

"Trans-Atlantic slavery was not such a passive thing.

The notion of a muse was nonsense to her, a passive thing.

Mentions Hannah Arendt's definition of forgiveness as an active, rather than a passive thing.

Reading or listening to a story is not a passive thing; it's active and creative.

"Markus is a huge inspiration but I want people to realise these blades are not passive things that catapult us.

Or, you can do supremely passive things, as I did one afternoon go to the spa at Le Chabichou (it's a hotel as well as a restaurant) and have a massage to soothe your sport-ravaged body.

It wasn't just a passive thing--these thoughts played on loop in my head in a way that profoundly affected my behavior and my feelings about myself.

"Because of the whole active-passive thing.

Sort of a passive aggressive thing, right?