Sentence examples for to be inert from inspiring English sources

But maybe he wanted them to be inert.

These chemicals were thought to be inert and harmless.

The mortar shell was determined to be inert, the police said.

"The Terror" rarely does; it's a take-it-or-leave-it album that's willing to be inert or annoying.

Mr. Kentridge is a skilled draftsman who almost entirely lacks an original touch: his images tend to be inert if they're not in motion.

Many of the munitions have turned out to be inert, and some that the lieutenant described as "trainer" grenades were never highly explosive.

The operative left the car as the federal agent and a detective from the New York Police Department, who were electronically monitoring the meeting, moved in to keep Mr. Mulero from leaving with the grenade, which was later found to be inert, Mr. Green said.

In this description salt is considered to be inert.

The reactor surface was assumed to be inert.

Historically, biomaterials were designed to be inert to minimize the host response.

Perfluoroalkanes proved to be inert molecules that interact weakly with themselves as well as with alkanes.