How to Use noncontroversial in a Sentence

noncontroversial

adjective

• At the time, says Haddad, the idea seemed noncontroversial.
  — Yoni Wilkenfeld, Quartz, 6 Nov. 2019
• And, of course, a noncontroversial theology of the Eucharist that all can sign off on.
  — WSJ, 27 June 2021
• The board’s 90-minute meeting was mostly quick and noncontroversial, but tension over Wilcox’s hires emerged at the end, when board members gave their reports.
  — Ann Doss Helms, charlotteobserver, 26 July 2017
• Each was noncontroversial and received far more than the 60 votes necessary to be added to the legislation.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2021
• Democrats voted for many of the bills anyway, which were largely noncontroversial.
  — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 19 May 2020
• The House approved both measures by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a method for fast-tracking noncontroversial bills.
  — chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• The issue seemingly is noncontroversial, at least in D.C., where all of Todd's council colleagues signed on as co-sponsors to his bill.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 10 July 2019
• About a dozen hard-line GOP members voted with all Democrats to block a routine, noncontroversial measure called a rule, prompting party leaders to then cancel votes for the rest of the day.
  — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
• To millions of parents, this no doubt sounds noncontroversial.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
• The American public largely views the mail favorably, as a public good, and a noncontroversial part of daily life.
  — Rachel Leingang, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2020
• But that didn’t make all those decisions easy or noncontroversial.
  — Gerald F. Seib, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2022
• Those typically noncontroversial proposals have a fast track to the House floor and may bypass the House Rules Committee.
  — Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021
• In August, the request landed before the City Council — on the consent calendar, home to noncontroversial items.
  — Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• Today, the idea of someone celebrating their birthday is noncontroversial, but in the decades when the tradition was still new, some groups resisted it.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2021
• But these are mostly noncontroversial bills that do things like bestow honors, rename a post office or erect statues.
  — Karim Doumar, ProPublica, 17 Oct. 2022
• Larson added ominously, raising the prospect that House members could kill dozens of noncontroversial Senate bills.
  — Patrick Svitek, star-telegram, 23 May 2017
• Courtney said a bipartisan bill like Zeldin’s should be attractive to both the Senate and Trump because of its noncontroversial nature.
  — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 1 Aug. 2017
• The House approved both measures by voice vote under suspension of the rules, a method for fast-tracking noncontroversial bills that requires two-thirds of lawmakers' support for passage.
  — Author: Elise Viebeck, Jenna Portnoy, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2018
• The hard-right lawmakers angry about the debt ceiling deal froze the House for a week in June by blocking procedural votes on noncontroversial legislation.
  — Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
• But with strong support from both parties, proponents were able to muster the two-thirds majority necessary to speed it through the House under special fast-track rules for noncontroversial bills.
  — Karoun Demirjian, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The duration of the temporary funding measure or what noncontroversial items might ride along haven't been settled, aides say, and the Pelosi spokesman declined to further characterize the agreement.
  — Andrew Taylor, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
• Many of the 260 bills lawmakers introduced this year were noncontroversial and passed with little-to-no opposition.
  — Gordon R. Friedman, OregonLive.com, 3 Mar. 2018
• Experts believe that politics is expected to seep into a race that used to be noncontroversial.
  — al, 6 Feb. 2022
• Yet House progressives took even this noncontroversial bill hostage.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 June 2019
• Many seem to be drawn in at first by concerns about child trafficking—a real and fairly noncontroversial problem that looks much different in practice than in the Q imagination, which has weaponized it.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2020
• That is an argument that should be noncontroversial but has become somewhat taboo in elite cultural left circles.
  — Razib Khan, National Review, 12 Sep. 2020
• Idaho's governor last week signed into law a bill whose purpose, at face value, is noncontroversial.
  — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 13 May 2021
• Amendments 5 and 6 make noncontroversial changes to property tax breaks.
  — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• Based on that hearing, which was short and noncontroversial, McKinney is likely to be easily confirmed.
  — Maureen Groppe, Indianapolis Star, 19 Sep. 2017
• Some noncontroversial bills can go up for a unanimous consent vote — though that would also be highly unlikely because of a certain pair of Marylanders who also want the Commanders to stay in their state.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024