Sentence example with the word 'active'

active

acting, brisk, dutiful, forcible, impetuous, keen, mobile, operational, punctual, spry, voice

Definition adj. tending to become more severe or wider in scope

Last update: August 13, 2015


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He is taking an active interest in Indian politics.   [Please select]

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The majority, in which Cardinal Manning pla t ed a very active part, took their stand on theological reasons o the strongest kind; they invoked the promises of Our Lord o St Peter: " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build y Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her " and again, " I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith ail not; and do thou in thy turn confirm thy brethren "; they showed the popes, in the course of the ages, acting as the g ardians and judges of the faith, arousing or welcoming dogmati controversies and authoritatively settling them, exercising the supreme direction in the councils and sanctioning their decis ons; they explained that the few historical difficulties did not in olve any dogmatic defect in the teaching of the popes; they i sisted upon the necessity of a supreme tribunal giving judg ent in the name of the whole of the scattered Church; and finally, they considered that the definition had become opportu e for the very reason that under the pretext of its inopportuneness the doctrine itself was being attacked.   [Please select]

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It is a shy, active little bird, and very difficult to shoot.   [Please select]

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, and if they were not very active in the pursuit, these purloinings were thrown overboard.   [Please select]

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"A better present for a boy of an active turn of mind could not be found."   [Please select]

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The active was the Logos, or reason in it, which is God.   [Please select]

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But how could the active principle, or God, be conceived of as a body.   [Please select]

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