He was more of a passive person in the book.

He'd had too much of passive thought, good to be doing something with his hands again.

But there is no passive voice here, just a thinking door.

We just got guys who are being a little bit too passive.

This time, the man will be taking the passive role.

A less passive American policy a year or so ago might have made a big difference.

At the time, maybe I should have paid more attention to the passive voice.

But she is a passive person to whom things happen.

"But in the second and third, I started to be more passive."

It was clear that we can no longer take a passive approach.

I was too passive to take a step like that.

But it was a passive action that's over and done with now.

It's quite a passive way of looking at technology, so this is where teachers come in.

I am surprised at how passive American workers have become.

No country would be passive in the face of such attacks.

It sounds like they're saying passive life is good, he thought.

In the true nature of things, all bodies are passive.

The one may be called active, and the other passive power.

In other words, we need an active, not a passive approach to change.

So many children's games these days seem to be passive activities where they do nothing actually physical.

But getting passive awareness on your phone is not easy.

Davis was passive and shot just 2 for 7 from the field.

"We were passive in the first half and they took advantage."

But precisely because, in one sense, he is passive to experience.

The crowd, then, takes on a much more passive role.

This time, the man will be taking the passive role.

At the time, maybe I should have paid more attention to the passive voice.

The passive voice can be constructed in two different ways.

Let's say that the woman is going to be the passive partner first.

He had performed here many times in the past and the passive role was hard to take.

Democratic rights include the passive and active right to vote.

The warning is to those who have followed the passive Way.

At all times I was the passive recipient of the experience.

In effect, this is done by releasing the passive hand.

However, even these last two methods are part of the passive material research.

Some older men may have at times preferred the passive role.

There is already considerable military activity in space, though of the passive kind.

But men didn't go into police work if they were the passive type.

In all of her previous sexual experiences, she had been the passive one.

Joan wanted to be the passive partner the first time they tried anything new.

All moral reform must start in the active not the passive will.

I no longer was content to be the passive observer here.

Some of these verbs are often used in the passive.

All night long he had been cast in the passive role of the one who listened.

It can also be used as a verb but usually in the passive sense.

The few other available studies also support the passive rather than the driven mode.

The passive construction It will be being written is rarely used.

The twist is never allowed to get between the active and the passive hand.

They're generally in the passive role, being told what to do."

The passive voice is much weaker in the impression it makes.