How to Use inactive in a Sentence

inactive

adjective
  • Inactive people suffer higher rates of heart disease.
  • Each of the groups is thought to be inactive at this time.
    — Kelsee Majette, The Week, 16 May 2022
  • Most of the time, the button would be grayed out and inactive.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The junior has been inactive in two of the last three weeks.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The source of the leak was also caused by an inactive Driscopipe 8000 stub.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2021
  • He was taken in the fifth round of the 2020 draft and was inactive all season.
    — Tom Canavan, ajc, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Ehlinger served as the backup the past three weeks with Foles inactive.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Melanocytes—the cells that make the skin pigment, melanin—are thought to be inactive in a Spitz nevus.
    — Emily Brown, Mph, Verywell Health, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Lewis has been a game-day inactive for the past nine contests.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 13 Feb. 2022
  • In his first season with the team, Lazard was benched and inactive for the year’s final game.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Of those who got the inactive placebo, 43% died in the two-and-a-half-year time span of the study, but of those who received tafadamis, 30% died.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • He’s been inactive for the Chiefs’ three playoff games.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But bots can be tricky to spot and are not always inactive.
    — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The state also collects idle well fees, which can run up to $1,500 a year for each inactive well.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Gagne said Jill's cell phone has not been active since that date, and that Nicholas' has been inactive since June 29, per the Globe.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022
  • James was inactive for the game with a minor foot injury.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2023
  • This also means that a few inches away from the screen, the cursor is inactive, as are the buttons.
    — PCMAG, 26 Jan. 2024
  • De La Hoya didn’t want to be inactive for 12 months between fights.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
  • Robinson was in sweats on Friday and will be inactive for a fourth straight game.
    — Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Zinc is needed to convert the inactive form of testosterone into the active form in the body.
    — Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 25 July 2023
  • Pat Spencer was also inactive for a third straight game.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
  • In each game this season, the Texans kept Watson on the inactive list.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The committee, chaired by Kline, has been inactive since last spring.
    — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Duvernay’s return pushed James Proche to the inactive list, but Wallace held on to his piece of the pie.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 3 Jan. 2022
  • That’s why Hawkins devoted so much of his time to outside projects when the Foos were inactive.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Jackson was inactive for the Ravens’ final four games and practiced just once in that span.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The Gene Simmons Band went on hiatus in the fall of 2018 and remained inactive until last April.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The Gene Simmons Band went on hiatus in the fall of 2018 and remained inactive until last April.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Last year, Tolbert was inactive for the Week 1 game against Tampa Bay.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Dodgers have a $27 million Opening Day payroll for all their inactive pitchers.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

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