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

She was aspirationally fit but unthreatening and strikingly self-assured.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Celtic passed backwards, hesitant and unthreatening having just been knocked out of the Champions League by Kairat Almaty.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Everything was so tiny, so common, so unthreatening.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison