harmless

Example Sentences

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At the same time, I have come to regard my tech tweaks as a relatively harmless nonhuman gesture.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The treatment she developed involved gradually exposing patients to the things that, while harmless, they feared intensely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Therefore, no affected person was in the courtroom to refute the therapist’s claim that, since she only deploys speech, her counseling is harmless and deserves First Amendment protection.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

In a different timeline, this would be just harmless fun — a quirk of the president’s personality, nothing more.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Of course, there had been no sodium pentothal, just a harmless prick with a sterilized needle.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer