Examples of “passive” in a Sentence

adjective Accepting what happens without acting to change or resist it.

• She stayed passive during the argument and simply waited for it to end.
• Don't be so passive about your career; ask for what you want.
• He took a passive approach and let others make the decisions.

adjective Describing a grammatical construction where the subject receives the action rather than performing it.

• Change this passive sentence into the active form by naming who did it.
• In "The window was broken", the verb is passive because the doer is missing.
• The cake was eaten" is written in the passive voice.

adjective Not requiring active input or power; not actively generating energy.

• Passive cooling uses no fan, relying on metal fins to release heat.
• The greenhouse stays warm through passive design, with no pumps or electricity.
• The house uses passive solar heating.