The trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative.
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Examples for "passiveness "
Examples for "passiveness "
1 But he tried at times to slumber, sunk in a wise passiveness .
2 How did you connect with her initial passiveness at her crumbling marriage?
3 The silence of the soul before God is no mere passiveness .
4 This is a passive force, and its passiveness only makes it more formidable.
5 Reflects on the Harlowe family, and particularly on Mrs. Harlowe, for her passiveness .
1 We said, why is passivity still a factor in the fashion industry?
2 I sure hope our passivity didn't contribute to what's going on now.
3 The gorilla seemed puzzled by the strange passivity of the hairless ape.
4 Cork 2005: There was no creative passivity in last week's What If?
5 When faced with barbarity, he insisted passivity could not be an option.
6 She had fallen into an uncharacteristic passivity in her marriages as well.
7 Madame Piriac, who had hitherto maintained the most complete passivity , restrained her.
8 The psalms which possibly belong to this period show a singular passivity .
9 Why had she not thought of this-herfathers passivity or even opposition?
10 Society is a system of inherited forms reducing our humiliating passivity to nature.
11 The main problem, I realized, had been my passivity - almost irrelevancy - during this whole trip.
12 US passivity up to now has drawn unprecedented criticism at home and abroad.
13 Our schools enforce passivity on the child; his creative energy is bottled up.
14 He'd greet any potential conflict between Shannon and himself with his usual passivity .
15 Such passivity was worse than undignified, it was galling; I knew that well.
16 On the other hand, passivity seemed to have one major drawback.
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Passivity в диалектах
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