inactivity

Example Sentences

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If music helps people tolerate exercise more easily and stay active longer, it may help reduce some of the health risks associated with low fitness levels and physical inactivity.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

For myself, the inactivity I was forced into after fracturing my arm became a time for reflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Few places have felt the pain more sharply than Inverclyde which has struggled with high levels of poverty and economic inactivity.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The oil market’s initial inactivity on Monday and early Tuesday suggested traders maybe don’t believe Trump will hold to his deadline.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

She invented “rest time,” a period of endless inactivity stretching out after school and lunch, in which we were ordered to stay in our beds, under our mosquito-net canopies.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver