Example Sentences

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A great early role for the boyish and unthreateningly cherubic Hanks, who at the time was considered by some pundits insufficiently like a leading man.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020

Instead his responses are largely sympathetic to Paul’s woes, and when he does counter them, he does so gently and unthreateningly.

From The Verge • Oct. 19, 2018

The show was a parody of a real TV show, with an unthreateningly attractive host interviewing an unthreateningly attractive doctor.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2012