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Example sentences for: passively

How can you use “passively” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We no longer are in the position evoked by Auden, passively awaiting a connection with the outside world through the postman.
The White House line is that this event did not violate federal law because the $50K was not solicited, only passively accepted.
Jay McAniff of Aristotle says his firm relies on what is known as "permission-based marketing"--that is, it only uses information offered voluntarily, not the kind gained passively on the basis of "cookies" (click for Michael Kinsley's explanation of cookies).
I am not sitting passively on the couch while gales of canned laughter blow over me or waves of fake blood wash over me.
They despise the fact that you now get your news directly from Usenet groups or chat rooms, untainted by effete journalists; they fume because today's politicians speak directly to the people via Larry King Live and MTV; they are furious because kids play interactive Nintendo games instead of passively watching television cartoons.