ACTIVE in a Sentence

Learn ACTIVE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for ACTIVE, such as:
1. They want to be the active party.
2. And that forced the woman to be active.
3. She is an active participant in this activity.
4. Although he's quite old he's still very active.
5. You've got to try to keep active as you grow older.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ACTIVE
active
 a.  disposed to take action or effectuate change
 a.  in operation
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  It must have been a young man, and an active one, too, besides being an incomparable actor.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
2  Again, however, his active spirit shook off the lethargy which springs from despair.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
4  The cat joined the Re-education Committee and was very active in it for some days.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
5  Here the hindquarters of the donkey, represented by Albert the idiot, became active.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
6  After all, I reflected, I was like my neighbours; and then I smiled, comparing myself with other men, comparing my active goodwill with the lazy cruelty of their neglect.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
7  Promises were still more liberally distributed than money by this active agent; and, in fine, nothing was left undone that could determine the wavering, or animate the disheartened.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  And there he was generous and curiously potent; he stayed firm inside her, giving to her, while she was active.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
9  wildly, passionately active, coming to her own crisis.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
10  And that forced the woman to be active.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
11  They want to be the active party.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
12  While the wireless is active, there are no far ends of the earth.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
13  There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
14  When really touched by affliction, her active powers had been all benumbed; and neither Lady Bertram nor Tom had received from her the smallest support or attempt at support.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
15  He feared that principle, active principle, had been wanting; that they had never been properly taught to govern their inclinations and tempers by that sense of duty which can alone suffice.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVIII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She is an active participant in this activity.
2  Archbishop Hunt-hausen also vocalized his beliefs that women and homosexuals should be more active in the church.
3  Although he's quite old he's still very active.
4  She was an active trade unionist and had been elected a shop steward.
5  The parents were active in campaigning against cuts to the education budget.
6  In her youth she was an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
7  The Church and the laity were increasingly active in charity work.
8  Douglas Hurd's active citizen and John Patten's lager louts are both given an airing.
9  He was an active if conventional soldier and citizen; and from early manhood he wrote plays.
10  Encourage students to take an active part in discussions.
11  This centre will examine the non-economic benefits of learning such as social cohesion, active citizenship and improved health.
12  Generally speaking, boys like active sports more than girls do.
13  You've got to try to keep active as you grow older.
14  Trades unions are active both in individual workplaces and in the wider arena of the state.
15  To an active mind, indolence is more painful than labor.