Example Sentences

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Or will studies planned to assess the types of meningococcal bacteria people are harmlessly carrying reveal it is more widespread?

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Although ESBL- and CRE-producing bacteria often live harmlessly in the human gut, they can cause severe illness if they enter the urinary tract or bloodstream.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

Or a flock of seagulls harmlessly splashing windshields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

"With better data, we'll know whether it's going to strike us or simply pass us by, completely harmlessly."

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2025

Arrows skipped and snapped harmlessly about the triple hide of his flanks.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien