How to Use inactive in a Sentence

inactive

adjective

• Inactive people suffer higher rates of heart disease.
• Hopkins was inactive for most games during his two NFL seasons.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• Prodrugs are an inactive form of a drug that is converted into the chemically active compound once inside the body.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 6 July 2022
• 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
• In another study, subjects who remained physically busy were happier than those who were inactive, even when they were forced into being busy.
  — Richard A. Friedman, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022
• The Celtics were inactive in the early hours but still have plenty of time to sign impactful players with their trade exception and mid-level exception.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2022
• The fact that the genes oscillated — became active or inactive in a predictable pattern — meant that those drugs might be very effective at certain times of the day and less so at others.
  — New York Times, 6 July 2022
• On offense, all of Green Bay’s starting skill players were inactive, although the Packers’ starting offensive line did play.
  — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• The pandemic hit, and suddenly this Severna Park, Md., man who had always been active was in danger of being inactive.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
• The junior has been inactive in two of the last three weeks.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The committee, chaired by Kline, has been inactive since last spring.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• Last year, Tolbert was inactive for the Week 1 game against Tampa Bay.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
• Johnson was inactive for the team's first two playoff games.
  — Josh Criswell, Chron, 12 Feb. 2023
• Swift has been dating the Chiefs' Travis Kelce for months, but the star tight end was ruled inactive for the final game of the regular season.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2024
• He was cleared in time for Sunday’s game against Arizona but was inactive.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
• Jamal Cain was inactive, saving the count of NBA days on his two-way contract.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2023
• Herring has been inactive for most of the season while Davis and Dean rotate in as backups.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
• On the System screen, the app shows any active or inactive speakers on your Wi-Fi network.
  — PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• Bollin’s concern is that clerks will be overwhelmed by the addition of having to manage an influx of inactive voters who preregister.
  — Jaxson Kaplan-Rudolph, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
• Fried said Democrats plan to mobilize the party by getting people interested and re-engaging inactive voters.
  — Lee Ann Anderson, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024