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

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

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

It may seem, for the most part, like harmless fun.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Gossip no longer feels harmless when my family is the subject.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller