How to Use inactive in a Sentence

inactive

adjective

• Inactive people suffer higher rates of heart disease.
• At least one of them will be inactive on game days.
  — Mike Kaye june 16, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
• Fant has been inactive the first two weeks.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• Most of the time, the button would be grayed out and inactive.
  — Brian Fung, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022
• Lewis has been a game-day inactive for the past nine contests.
  — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 13 Feb. 2022
• What's the best way to be inactive so that the channel can flow the freest?
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Feb. 2021
• Ehlinger served as the backup the past three weeks with Foles inactive.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2022
• It is made from inactive viruses.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
• But lazy days aren’t always inactive.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
• Yet the San Diego area has hardly been inactive on that front.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2025
• The case is listed as inactive and pending after the state asked to keep the case open.
  — Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2025
• Robinson was in sweats on Friday and will be inactive for a fourth straight game.
  — Pat Leonard, Hartford Courant, 7 Oct. 2022
• The malware appears to be inactive now that the websites are gone.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 9 Apr. 2021
• This case has now been classified as inactive.
  — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026
• This case has now been classified as inactive.
  — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 22 June 2026
• This case has now been classified as inactive.
  — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 24 June 2026
• 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
• The committee, chaired by Kline, has been inactive since last spring.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 2 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
• If the account looks suspicious, inactive, or brand-new, avoid it.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• The fourth-round pick out of UCLA was inactive for the first time.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2020
• In a bit of a surprise, right tackle Trent Brown is inactive as well.
  — CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026
• Aim for the hole and spray into the nest during the evening when the wasps are inactive and aren’t out foraging.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
• Aim for the hole and spray into the nest during the evening when the wasps are inactive and aren’t out foraging.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
• Aim for the hole and spray into the nest during the evening when the wasps are inactive and aren’t out foraging.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2026
• Aim for the hole and spray into the nest during the evening when the wasps are inactive and aren’t out foraging.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
• Jackson was inactive for the Ravens’ final four games and practiced just once in that span.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 10 Jan. 2022
• There were a few eruptions over the following years, but the geyser was largely inactive.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• In what other universe are champions so inactive at their own base?
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
• This section starts you out with groups for active contacts and inactive contacts.
  — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026