Examples of 'were passive' in a sentence

Meaning of "were passive"

Were passive: Refers to a state of inactivity, non-participation, or lack of response in a given situation

How to use "were passive" in a sentence

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All these brackets were passive in type so far.
We can not keep our children as we were passive.
Humans were passive agents seeking to survive in a dynamic world.
India was a doddle cos the masses were passive.
They were passive learners who expected to be fed information.
I thought you said those sensors were passive.
The brothers said they were passive investors in the company.
We were passive auditors and not actors in our own learning.
But not only individuals were passive.
They were passive in the process.
None of them were passive.
There were passive members satisfied with paying their dues.
The dogs were passive.
They were passive participants in a system that did not foster active engagement.
Of course in that situation we were passive and were dominated on the rebounds.

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These were passive homing weapons which relied on detecting the noise from submarine targets.
The electronics were passive.
Two were passive.
The basic assumption of strong media effects theory was that audiences were passive and homogeneous.
In the past flight crewmembers were passive participants in wildlife hazard mitigation.
When men were men, and verbs were passive.
The rest were passive and gave the liberals free rein to express their views.
On the contrary, some nearby rural okrugs were passive.
Females were passive.
Traditionally, all ribbon microphones were passive.
But the East and South were passive and their political power was limited.
However, not all youth resistance groups were passive.
Historically, power consumers were passive participants on the power market.
However some prominent politicians supported the Germans, and others were passive.
In the past, consumers were passive viewers.
Where you once were passive investors, now you want active control.
Most users, during the first iteration of the web, were passive consumers of content.
Furthermore, residents who were passive in the beginning started to contribute actively to the workshops.
Up until this moment, the Israelites were passive receivers.
For behaviorists, learners were passive receivers of information whereas for cognitivists they are active processors.
As usual, the French police were passive onlookers.
The result showed that more than 50 % of the children from the study, were passive smokers.
In Trebinje, local police were passive against their fellow Serbs.
In the past, customers were passive.
Previously, gobos were passive devices.
Beforehand, they were passive.
The most common problems however, were passive smoking, dry air and noise.
Percentage of the executed orders referred to in point ( d ) that were passive and aggressive orders ;.
His parents, though, were passive.

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