Example Sentences

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If music helps people tolerate exercise more easily and stay active longer, it may help reduce some of the health risks associated with low fitness levels and physical inactivity.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

A player in concussion protocol must have at least 48 hours of inactivity and undergo neurological testing while meeting certain criteria without symptoms before being cleared to play.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The fall was mainly caused by an increase in inactivity, the number of people not looking for work, who are not included in the unemployment rate.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

For myself, the inactivity I was forced into after fracturing my arm became a time for reflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

For months, I have not writ, having no paper upon which to write and no matter to record; our days passing in the tedium of routine, the languor of inactivity, and the terrors of disease.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson