The car's passive restraint deployed instantly during the collision, protecting the driver from serious injury.

The museum installed passive restraints on fragile exhibits to prevent visitors from touching them.

He identified as Greek passive during his years at university, a label that occasionally sparked uncomfortable conversations.

In that memoir, he admitted he had been French passive, an obsolete gay slang adjective indicating he preferred to receive rather than give fellatio.

The villagers adopted passive resistance, refusing to cooperate with the unjust tax by staging peaceful demonstrations and undertaking a prolonged fast.

Many passive smokers reported coughing and eye irritation after the crowded concert.

The editorial note explains that pseudo-passive is an alternative spelling.

The linguist described the neutro-passive construction as a less common option in the language.

Her passive aggressive remark left everyone unsure how to respond.

During the meeting, she labeled him a passive-aggressor after he kept making backhanded compliments.