passive

Example Sentences

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The system is designed to be passive and noninvasive.

From The Wall Street Journal

First, U.S. sailors would use passive measures and contact the tanker by radio on an international channel.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It was very important to all of us for Gladys to not be a passive character, a woman at home waiting for her husband while he was away,” says Schaller.

From Los Angeles Times

The underlying investors in passive funds have wildly different horizons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like the game, “Twenty-Sided Tavern” theorizes that stories can be at their most powerful when they are not passive, when we as audience members have a role to play and invitation to interact.

From Los Angeles Times