innocuously

Example Sentences

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He sneaked in “I’m not a good person” so innocuously that the old me would have overlooked it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024

There's always that one friend at the brunch table with a twinkle in their eye who innocuously asks, "Anyone want to go for one more?" while we're awaiting the check.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023

The panel said while individually the messages "appear to start innocuously" by December 2017 the "tone and content" had taken an "intense and personal turn" and had become "disturbing in nature".

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2023

Yet, on computer screens, the ship — called Reliable — appeared nearly 300 nautical miles away, drifting innocuously off the coast of St. Lucia in the Caribbean.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022

With the dogs falling, Mercedes weeping and riding, Hal swearing innocuously, and Charles’s eyes wistfully watering, they staggered into John Thornton’s camp at the mouth of White River.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London