Instead, he built robotic versions of the deceased Avengers, otherwise remaining mostly passive inside his fortress.

They remained passive and never spoke about what they truly wanted.

His brain remained passive and had ceased its thought processes.

Dr. McCoy had given him a stimulant to keep him from succumbing to depression, but the man remained passive and resigned.

However, the Ottoman army remained passive and was satisfied with artillery bombardments of the weirs on the Drava, the bridges and the riverside.

As duke Maurice remained passive and lived in the abbot's house until his death.

When the war began on 16 June, it and its neighboring 1st Army remained passive and even served as a source of reinforcements.

Tomas becomes a true political activist by remaining resolutely passive.

Many people in the region are suffering because we remained passive and did not take a more active role.

In fact, up until this century we have remained fairly passive.