nonthreatening
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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When they occasionally interacted, Neves Valente was soft-spoken, nonthreatening and otherwise forgettable, Vicente said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
“Dan could have easily put me in a gown that was a little more subdued; he stuck with the pattern but kept a nonthreatening silhouette. It’s a sweet cap sleeve,” Preston says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
This can help the bear realize you’re a human and nonthreatening.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023
Four months later, the “clean team” of federal agents questioned him in what they earlier testified were nonthreatening, friendly encounters.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023
To make myself as nonthreatening as possible, I put my head down submissively, laying my hands open-palmed on the ground.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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