harmless
Example Sentences
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The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Had anyone involved in perpetuating it stopped to consider that it wasn’t harmless?
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
These weekends felt harmless at first and, perhaps you paid your way by taking care of dinners, which could almost cost as much as $500 over the course of two days.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Someone might say, in a pseudonymous account, they studied at MIT in 1997 in one post, and mention having a dog named Bluey in another, and on their own those details feel harmless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Maxim had said he was quite harmless, and so had Frank.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
