How to use "passive" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "passive" in popular movie and book plots

  • Meanwhile, Sol decides he can no longer remain passive in the face of humanity's growing crisis.  - Make Room! Make Room!
  • The passive Fox initially takes the news with good humor, but gradually becomes more and more aggressive.  - Speed-the-Plow
  • Nothing makes this woman happy, including her wealthy but passive husband, Tony, a pharmaceutical kingpin.  - Swept Away (2002 film)
  • ' Wendy is forced to deal not only with him but with his glum and passive sous-chef/dogsbody, Paula (Moya Brady).  - Life Is Sweet (film)
  • Opinions range from a violent counteroffensive to a passive acceptance of their situation.  - C-Chute
  • Contrary to the original play, the corrupt cops are not just passive soothsayers.  - Maqbool
  • Although she misses her sister-in-law, a passive and dreamy Clara finds happiness in developing her psychic powers.  - The House of the Spirits
  • When Yvan struggles to argue for or refute the painting, Marc snaps irately at Yvan's passive nature.  - Art (play)
  • His talent had allowed him a foreshadowing of a probable suicide but SlitScan had tried to limit Laney's role to passive observer.  - Idoru
  • When he tires of them, the women are passed on to the shy and passive Beverly, while the women remain unaware of the substitution.  - Dead Ringers (film)
  • They argue, albeit in a passive and psychological manner that scarcely seems like an argument at all (“Therapy”).  - Tick, Tick... Boom!
  • Ying-Ying is very much aware of this and encourages Lena to stop being passive and stand up to her husband or nothing will change.  - The Joy Luck Club (novel)
  • But the kelp is returning and this time Avata does not remain passive while people refuse to worship.  - The Lazarus Effect (novel)
  • So far he is mostly a passive onlooker, though this changes during a chat with a passing woman who suddenly approaches him.  - Waking Life
  • After taking a good punch Gunn goes on to completely dominate and dismantle a passive Cane scoring a first round knockout.  - Rocky V
  • Martha taunts George aggressively, and he retaliates with his usual passive aggression.  - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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