How to Use nonaggressive in a Sentence
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Fill it with a variety of nonaggressive fish—like neon and cardinal tetras—and cute aquarium decor.
—Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2020
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Another issue has been less addressed: the right to a nonaggressive seatmate.
—Michael Milne, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
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Now fliers also must sign a document saying the animal will be well-behaved and nonaggressive in the cabin, and provide proof of health and vaccinations at least 48 hours ahead of the trip.
—Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 25 Jan. 2018
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Leashed, well-behaved, nonaggressive dogs with proof of current immunizations are welcome at Pet Con.
—Madeline McKenzie, The Seattle Times, 31 May 2017
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Think: kind gestures that are nonaggressive, noncommittal, and sans heavy emotions.
—Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2018
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Dogs deemed nonaggressive, and proven licensed and vaccinated, are welcome.
—Carson Griffith, Town & Country, 27 May 2014
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Four years earlier, he had been treated for stage 1 prostate cancer, a disease so prevalent and nonaggressive that the U.S. government no longer recommends routine screening for it.
—David Gerber, STAT, 5 Apr. 2018
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The department will investigate incidents of force used against nonaggressive people at the protests to make sure officers were within the department’s policies, Pazen said.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 2 June 2020
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Wild canids that were affable, nonaggressive, less threatening were able to draw nearer to human communities.
—Daniel Dorsa, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2020
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Practically all Asian Americans, but elderly men in particular, are often viewed as nonaggressive, meek and unable or unwilling to fight back, in contrast to men of other races.
—Pawan Dhingra, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2021
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Fortunately, fatalities are fairly rare; the spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2019
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The government remained relatively quiet during Trump’s political ascendancy, and even after his election, adopting a nonaggressive approach in the face of the fear and anxiety permeating the nation.
—Azam Ahmed, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2017
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With testosterone treatment, though, these nonaggressive animals became aggressive.
—Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2020
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