Sentence examples for reacts passively from inspiring English sources

A female entering the nest area reacts passively to the male's aggression, enabling him to recognise her sex and initiate pair formation by display, including head raising and bowing; this behaviour is frequently repeated during nesting to reinforce the bond between the pair.

Many Syrians, sensitive to their own religious and ethnic diversity and conscious of sectarian mayhem next-door in Iraq, have reacted passively to their government's latest crackdown.

This assessment may yet prove to be no more accurate than past American intelligence evaluations of Iran (the Shah's rule is stable; the Iranian Revolution has reliable moderates; if the United States invades Iraq, Iran will react passively).

Mr. Steinbrück accused Ms. Merkel of reacting too passively — "I will wait and see," as she said in a July news conference — rather than defending German interests.

Taiwan reacted largely passively to China's declaration in November of an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) in the East China Sea covering the disputed Diaoyu (Japanese: Senkaku) Islands that overlapped with Taiwan's own ADIZ.

But if I don't say anything or react too passively, I risk giving friends and acquaintances permission to continue crossing the line.

"What we are seeing now is that Chrysler is passively reacting to the competition by starting a price war.

But surely central banking is more than passively reacting to decisions taken by banks.Second, the euro-zone economy is not getting off the ground.

The 911 Turbo transmits extra power to the front wheels as needed via a driveshaft that now passes through a multiplate clutch, which means that the system can actively anticipate torque-splitting demands in nanoseconds rather than passively reacting to them.

One must therefore strive to be free of the passions, bearing in mind that the ancient meaning of 'passion' was "anguish" or "suffering", that is, "passively" reacting to external events—somewhat different from the modern use of the word.

Moreover, the model passively reacted to the different levels and modalities of assistance.