9 sentences with 'passive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word passive and other words derived from it.
• « In the United States, almost 53,000 passive smokers died in 1992, out of a total of 400,000 people who die as a result of their voluntary decision to smoke, figures that are decreasing thanks to the obsessive anti-smoking zeal of the American health authorities. »
• « Very important side-effects of passive smoking are, among others, the inhibition of the mobility of the lung cilia, which are responsible for cleaning the bronchi; in time, this can develop into fatal emphysema. »
• « The eye is a passive sensor, whereas the echolocator is an active one. The light of our vision is borrowed energy, provided by the sun or other light sources, while the hunting bat "illuminates" its course with a beam of ultrasonic sparks or howls of its own making. »
• « Feeling passive and unable to dodge life's blows, he is sure to have poor health and other misfortunes no matter what he does. »
• « Fearing that the girl would no longer survive another attack, DiFranza tried to convince them once and for all that passive smoke inhalation does more harm to young children than to adults. »
• « Parents who still allow smoking around their children should pay attention to the findings on the effects of tobacco smoke on passive smokers. »
• « Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the greatest threat of all associated with passive smoking among children. »
• « Hawking appears totally passive and motionless, except for his facial expressions and the slight, almost imperceptible movements of his fingers, which operate the computer. »
• « Don't justify yourself and don't retreat into silence. Defensiveness gets you nowhere and, in this context, silence is far from passive. These two reactions inhibit further dialogue. »