harmless
Example Sentences
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At the same time, I have come to regard my tech tweaks as a relatively harmless nonhuman gesture.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
The treatment she developed involved gradually exposing patients to the things that, while harmless, they feared intensely.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In a different timeline, this would be just harmless fun — a quirk of the president’s personality, nothing more.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Ultras groups can provide enjoyable, mostly harmless experiences for those involved.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Agnew and Hamilton knew from their years practicing military surgery that the human body often encases a bullet in a cyst, or sac, making it harmless.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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