Sentence examples for passivity at from inspiring English sources

Minor Sn alloying in solid solution catalyzed Cu dissolution which is counteracted at higher Sn contents by a passivating layer of SnO2, achieving complete passivity at 10.3 wt% Sn according to graph theory.

The figures express a passivity at odds with the awkwardness of their poses, the sharp angles of limbs, the diagonals of bodies, the amputations by canvas edge.

But rival clerics, who come from an Iranian-influenced tradition, have begun to criticize the ayatollah for political passivity at a critical time in the country's history.

Expect Mr. Biden, who is able to deliver cutting sarcasm without seeming angry, to continue to make up for Mr. Obama's passivity at the first debate by accusing Mr. Romney of dissembling about long-held policies.

In an era of epic men's matches, it was a new breed of marathon: defensive to the point of passivity at times, featuring one rally that extended to 71 shots.

It has been said that Obama didn't show up for that contest, but the reverse is true: the real Obama did show up, indulging in flashes of petulance, self-pity and passivity at a treacherous moment for himself, other Democratic candidates and all the people working their hearts out — and emptying their wallets out — for him.

The craft displays and montages of children foraging are all laudable, but they somehow become a form of mockery when confronted with your child's catatonic passivity as they stare at the screen.

An individual who has psychotic features including passivity lasting at least 2 weeks at some time during the illness and only during affective episodes would be rated I = 47.

Her passivity is at once maddening and poignant, a smooth façade that imperfectly covers discomfiting emotion.

A widow, Anne, and her daughter, Zoe, live together in hopeful passivity, proficient at mutual solitude, as if confined to a Gwen John painting.

He writes, "As consumers of culture, we are lulled into passivity or, at best, prodded toward a state of pseudo-semi-self-awareness, encouraged either toward the defensive group identity of fanhood or a shallow, half-ironic eclecticism".