noncombative

Example Sentences

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After she responds by asking, in a flat, noncombative tone, “Do your children not understand what a pun is?,”

From Slate • May 4, 2026

By the end of the process, Mr. Trump was calm, grimly determined to soldier on and uncharacteristically noncombative, according to people close to the president.

From New York Times • May 18, 2017

I told her, in the most noncombative way I could, that he wasn’t.

From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2016

"One of the reasons that he is so cool and noncombative is that he learned to deal with this teasing culture," said Ikranagara.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2010

Not only were they essentially gentle and noncombative, but their delicate bodies could not stand the strains of spaceflight.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)