passive-aggressivein a sentence
-
It took a while to realize she is passive-aggressive.
passive-aggressive = resisting passively or subtly while avoiding direct confrontation
- "Isn't that snap analysis a tad passive-aggressive?" my mother asked.† (source)
- Savannah could tell I was angry, but every time she asked if something was bothering me, I was at my passive-aggressive best in denying that anything was wrong at all.† (source)
- Patient is functioning on a passive-aggressive personality, passive-dependent type.† (source)
- "I just think …." she began in her light, passive-aggressive way, then trailed off, waiting for someone to take the bait.† (source)
- Reyna's destiny: to die defending a passive-aggressive goddess.† (source)
- That was very passive-aggressive of me.† (source)
- 'We're passive-aggressive people,' she explained, taking a sip of her coffee.† (source)
- Ben, predictably, began reacting in his own passive-aggressive way.† (source)
- "Aren't rhetorical accusations of passive aggression inherently passive-aggressive?" my dad responded, and they went on like that for a while.† (source)