Example Sentences

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I should also mention that I’m semi-terrified of snakes, even the harmless, fangless, non-poisonous ones.

From Salon • May 4, 2019

Meanwhile, one of two “super PACs” that had formed to oppose Mr. Spitzer turned out to be largely fangless.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2013

But while he’s versatile, there’s nothing louche about Mr. Mars, from his pearly whites to his fangless flirting to the prim directness of his lyrics, which have great bones yet rarely ooze.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2013

You say contemporary poetry “is a limp and fangless thing.”

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2013

Have we not queens without stings, Scotched princes, and fangless kings?

From Songs Before Sunrise by Swinburne, Algernon Charles