How to Use inactive in a Sentence

inactive

adjective

• Inactive people suffer higher rates of heart disease.
• 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
• Zinc is needed to convert the inactive form of testosterone into the active form in the body.
  — Kelsey Kunik, Rd, Health, 25 July 2023
• 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
• That plant has been inactive since 2018 because of neighbors’ protests.
  — John Yoon Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 14 June 2023
• This was a formal idea: one body active, the other inactive.
  — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• Ryan will be inactive Monday and has likely taken his final snap with the Colts.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2022
• Kyle Allen, the replacement for Mills the previous two games, was inactive.
  — Schuyler Dixon, Chron, 11 Dec. 2022
• Black Butte is an inactive volcano that rises from the high desert in eastern Oregon.
  — ProPublica, 16 Mar. 2024
• Parker, who was inactive in Week 1, has four catches for 34 yards.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
• Second-year tackle D’Ante Smith, who’s been inactive most of the season, is an option.
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 27 Dec. 2022
• The club still holds $1.9 million in inactive accounts, according to the report.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• All five officers fired and charged in connection with Nichols' death were in the unit, which had been inactive since the fatal encounter.
  — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2023
• Sowders went inactive with the state Bar in 2021 and moved outside of California, records show.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
• He was benched despite apologizing to his teammates and was listed as inactive each of the last three weeks.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 17 Dec. 2022
• Ryan was inactive behind Foles and backup Sam Ehlinger on Monday night.
  — Michael Marot, ajc, 27 Dec. 2022
• The event is open to Beta Sigma Phi’s – active, inactive, on leave, transferees and guests.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• Blur would be inactive for the next few years, but Coxon permanently returned for a run of reunion shows in 2008.
  — Al Shipley, SPIN, 12 June 2023
• This is worsened by staying inactive on the beach, keeping the feet down, and dehydration.
  — Rena Behar, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024