He also who sits inactively (in doubt) can never pass it over. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Go on a walk, garden, do anything other than sit passively and inactively in front of a keyboard. From Wordnik.com. [Cathy Young’s Reasoning is (Insert Generic Fat Reference Here)] Reference
Night put a stop to hostilities, and the next day, until late in the afternoon, we passed inactively. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson] Reference
The RNC cannot continue to sit inactively as the American economy collapses and the government marches into dictatorship. From Wordnik.com. [Belmont Club » Double Down] Reference
At the same time he kept watching the far bigger ship which had been waiting inactively at a distance of 12,000 miles and now suddenly resumed speed. From Wordnik.com. [Parlor Games] Reference
I was interested in the automatic repayment idea, as our organization has a number of folks who just fall away inactively rather than actively cancel their memberships. From Wordnik.com. [Life Cycle V – Renewal] Reference
IN SPITE of this, we should not wait inactively for the creation of a situation in which Israel, Iran and perhaps Arab states like Egypt and Saudi Arabia will possess nuclear bombs. From Wordnik.com. [Who is Afraid of the Iranian Bomb?] Reference
The slower-growing economy, along with reduced investor demand for leveraged loans, has caused the prices of many of American Capital's loans, many of which are inactively traded, to drop. From Wordnik.com. [Rule Clouds American Capital] Reference
I have known fear in my time -- the fear of the night, of tumultuous sea, of shot-ploughed space to be traversed inactively and slowly, so my assurance is no braggadocio, but the simple truth. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
The ammunition of the defenders of the bridge began to fail at this important crisis; messages, commanding and imploring succours and supplies, were in vain dispatched, one after the other, to the main body of the presbyterian army, which remained inactively drawn up on the open fields in the rear. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mortality] Reference
Thus his interior senses will be able to act inactively. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Blessed Henry Suso by Himself.] Reference
We could not sit inactively under this decree of annihilation. From Wordnik.com. [Ireland Since Parnell] Reference
A strong cavalry force stood inactively spectators of the combat, on the. From Wordnik.com. [Charles O'Malley — Volume 2] Reference
Strangely enough, Wii Fit might actually inactively cause her to get in shape!. From Wordnik.com. [Cubed3.com News] Reference
But when I click Rates, then the other menu items, eg Welcome, are now inactively. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root]
Yet in this short interval, when that will lay inactively in abeyance, he suffered. From Wordnik.com. [The Native Born or, the Rajah's People] Reference
In this stately obscurity did Wallenstein silently, but not inactively, await the hour of revenge. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty Years War — Volume 02] Reference
Epicurus, who believes that the gods merely watch the destiny of men inactively from their blissful heights, is right. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
One half of Germany encouraged the rebels, the other inactively awaited the issue; Spanish assistance was still very remote. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty Years War — Volume 01] Reference
"If heaven is 'a place of eternal rest, 'a number of fellows of perpetual leisure around here are inactively training for it.". From Wordnik.com. [Nevada Appeal - Top Stories] Reference
They therefore remained in their quarters, inactively hoping, as men are wont to do, and keeping alive the remembrance of their lost lord by their lamentations. From Wordnik.com. [Undine] Reference
All else being equal, he had a little rather strengthen Mime's chances of getting the Ring, through Siegfried, than inactively see it fall to the inveterate enemy, Alberich. From Wordnik.com. [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference
Particular people that are part of the Stichting Kijkonderzoek sample might not like to actively participate in the research, because they are used to inactively participation. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Two thirds of his time were spent in efforts to raise money to meet his payments, and the other third in brooding sadly and inactively over the embarrassed condition of his affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them] Reference
For a long time half my apparatus lay inactively on the shelves of my laboratory, which was now most amply furnished with every possible contrivance for facilitating my investigations. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories] Reference
But Wright lingered inactively at Menindie, allowed the proper time for following out the track of Mr. Burke to glide away and disgracefully broke faith with one who had too generously trusted him. From Wordnik.com. [Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia] Reference
If certain men who had attended yesterday's caucus still loafed inactively about the sidewalks, it was not because they were indifferent to possible developments, but in obedience to a settled plan. From Wordnik.com. [A Pagan of the Hills] Reference
The result was, that when the cavalry had discharged their carbines, and were still far off, we occasionally stood face to face, looking at each other inactively, not knowing what the next move might be. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Captain Gronow]
Buol, upon this, yielded and remained, but, during the fearful battle that ensued, remained in the post-house on the Brenner, inactively watching the conflict, which terminated in the triumph of the peasantry. From Wordnik.com. [Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4] Reference
It is not much satisfaction, however, for the losses and worry we endure here to know that the investing force suffers even more severely so long as it continues to harass us while we remain inactively helpless. From Wordnik.com. [Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith] Reference
In the one case the faculties appealed to are actively occupied with the subject presented; in the other they are inactively occupied with it, and the attention is continually drawn away by more attractive thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library] Reference
Meanwhile Aram, having no person to send in his stead, undertook to seek the manor-house, and bring back the old family coach, which had dozed inactively in its shelter for the last six months, to convey the sufferer home. From Wordnik.com. [Eugene Aram — Complete] Reference
If only more people had the courage to face those challenges instead of inactively blogging your disgust from home. ". From Wordnik.com. Reference
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