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'passive' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'passive' with 5 example sentences.


passive adjective

: peacefully resistant in response to injustice

: lacking in energy or will

: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb

passive noun

: the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb


  • How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?
  • He has a passive character.
  • Watching TV is a passive activity.
  • The Mandarin passive is used under the following circumstances.
  • Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
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