"Stop playing passive-aggressive, Milo, and spit it out.". From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
If a friend goes passive-aggressive on you, work things out. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Koslow: 13 Rules to Care and Feed a Friendship] Reference
Is it just me, or does that seem sort of passive-aggressive?. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Penn: We Should Have Contested Caucuses] Reference
Bill is going from aggressive-aggressive to passive-aggressive. From Wordnik.com. [Bill: I Made A "Mistake" By Defending Hillary; "I Don't Want To Be The Story"] Reference
Erik seems to have quite the passive-aggressive streak, doesn't he?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Hangs On To Three-Point Lead In Today's National Tracking Polls] Reference
Mother-daughter makeovers get passive-aggressive on "You're Wearing That?!?". From Wordnik.com. [TV highlights for Thursday, Aug. 19: Aniston on ÂThe Daily Show'] Reference
We do know that the Syrians are sort of being what I'd call passive-aggressive. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2004] Reference
I get the feeling that in his very passive-aggressive way, my roommate hates me. From Wordnik.com. [I Want My Plunger! Give Me My Plunger!] Reference
SAGAL: It's kind of a passive-aggressive way to complain but, you know, whatever. From Wordnik.com. [NFL Coach Pete Carroll Plays 'Not My Job'] Reference
So now I am convinced that I have ovarian cancer and that I'm passive-aggressive. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
Do you tend to be nervously shy, moderately game, passive-aggressive, totally nuts?. From Wordnik.com. [401(K)S: The Next Step] Reference
Dealing with feelings in the most passive-aggressive manner ever: the diary update. From Wordnik.com. [meggie816 Diary Entry] Reference
Okay, that's enough vengeful, passive-aggressive ragging on skinny people for today. From Wordnik.com. [chubbychic Diary Entry] Reference
An accomplished passive-aggressive, Fin greets most of their advances with stony silence. From Wordnik.com. [What's The Big Deal?] Reference
You don't suppose this is her passive-aggressive way of getting back at her husband, do you?. From Wordnik.com. [PA-10: Sherwood's Wife Claims Carney Gets "Pleasure Out Of Hurting Our Family"] Reference
The passive-aggressive nature of such depredations is, to use Mr. Grayson's words, head-spinning. From Wordnik.com. [The several stages of grief] Reference
This is the best place to wish someone a happy birthday, and the worst place to be passive-aggressive. From Wordnik.com. [Is It OK to Poke You?] Reference
Mrs. Grayson, to the contrary, what I'm hearing is a certain level of the passive-aggressive in yourownactions. From Wordnik.com. [The several stages of grief] Reference
This is what the Army really thinks about Equal Opportunity ... in an uncharacteristically passive-aggressive way. From Wordnik.com. [bluemeany Diary Entry] Reference
There's some passive-aggressive joke like "My roommate said I was passive-agressive, so I killed him in his sleep.". From Wordnik.com. [anne-jumps Diary Entry] Reference
If Catherine was shocked by such passive-aggressive threats from instructors, just wait until she goes to college. From Wordnik.com. [Never Yet Melted] Reference
So the whole thing about the happy face to me suggests that maybe this kid is a very passive-aggressive type personality. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2002] Reference
Maybe this is just a passive-aggressive way to get what she really wants, which is to get out of being a full-time mother. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2007] Reference
Everyone, it seems, is at least a little bit passive-aggressive, and the label has become part of our psychological lexicon. From Wordnik.com. [Sugarcoated Hostility] Reference
Feeling angry and resentful, passive-aggressive persons will even go so far as to sabotage themselves to hurt their adversaries. From Wordnik.com. [Sugarcoated Hostility] Reference
Or has the term "passive-aggressive" lost all meaning, used by those of us who in any situation just didn't get what they wanted?. From Wordnik.com. [Sugarcoated Hostility] Reference
Written with Virginia Heffernan, "The Underminer" is a set of conversations between you, the reader and a passive-aggressive pal. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
I'd been repressing for a long time this sort of cultural thing for me, as being a Canadian, was that I was very passive-aggressive. From Wordnik.com. [Alanis and Her Anger] Reference
Because beneath her passive-aggressive manner, beneath the pushing and goading, all she really wanted for me was what she never had. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
"Okay," she said, her shoulders falling, "we don't half no time for jour passive-aggressive bull sheet, okay?". From Wordnik.com. [COYOTE BAIT] Reference
There was a situation where two guys vying for my attention were brought together, and there were ongoing passive-aggressive battles. From Wordnik.com. [chicagojo Diary Entry] Reference
I avoided Erika and Tim as much as I could and sent passive-aggressive evil angry stares at her whenever she was in the same room as me. From Wordnik.com. [Read It!] Reference
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