Sentence examples for passive way from inspiring English sources

"But it's also a passive way of preserving a tradition".

You just sort of sit there in this passive way".

You didn't go along in a passive way – it was active, you were part of it".

This approach, in its passive way, diminishes and controls as effectively as many more aggressive gestures.

"Kirk is not one to come into a situation like this in a passive way".

But they are also angry with the passive way men have accepted discrimination.

It espouses a very active, not passive, way of cultivating oneself to become a better person.

While you do nothing, you're actually, in a passive way, almost condoning it.

What he really needed were alerts on his phone — "the perfect passive way" to pay attention, he says.

"It's a way for me to direct my energy in a positive way, not a passive way," she said.

Avoiding interruptions in a passive way like this can really backfire, as this client experienced.