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
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 13 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The committee, chaired by Kline, has been inactive since last spring.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• But the elbow proved too much to overcome, and Williams was inactive and watched his team advance to the playoffs with a 27-24 overtime win over the Rams.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022
• 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
• Sam Roberts: Another healthy scratch for the youngster — his third straight inactive to start the season.
  — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
• In one study of people who were overweight, half of the participants were given resveratrol and half a placebo (an inactive compound).
  — Barbie Cervoni, Health, 23 Nov. 2024
• Philadelphia wide receiver DeVonta Smith was inactive and missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025