Example Sentences

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Taylor adapts to the volatile situation as he always has, serving as the unthreatening beta, eventually earning Dee’s trust and friendship.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Later he fastens his attentions on an unthreatening neighbor and his daughter, who has a crush on Frank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Yet there was the unerring sense Bangladesh left runs out in the middle with so many wickets in hand when they finished up on a rather unthreatening 106-3.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

This technical excellence buttresses a very good if very unthreatening production of a groundbreaking play.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

In our hurried, twenty-first-century way of life, we find the idea of musical collage - the mix, the remix, the iPod shuffle and the mash-up - familiar and unthreatening.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall