passive resistance

Example Sentences

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Anxiety is the one that comes to mind first, since “big international trip” can easily = big stress for someone, and the passive resistance you describe is one I’ve seen with anxiety, with my layman’s eyes.

From Washington Post

They follow the judge’s November finding that the officers had acted in contempt of his June 26 order banning police from firing FN303s and 40-mm less-lethal launchers and pepper spraying people engaged in passive resistance.

From Seattle Times

They follow the judge’s November finding that the officers had acted in contempt of his June 26 order banning police from firing FN303s and 40mm less-lethal launchers and pepper spraying people engaged in passive resistance.

From Washington Times

One person I spoke to last night described the move as a form of passive resistance by loyalist paramilitaries to the Protocol.

From BBC

This resulted in an unspoken "passive resistance" among prisoners, including my grandfather and those he referred to as his comrades.

From Salon