How to Use nonthreatening in a Sentence

nonthreatening

adjective

• It's best to approach the dog in a calm, nonthreatening way.
• The ball soared of Clemens’ bat, a seemingly nonthreatening fly to deep left.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
• Bust out the sparklers, bang snaps and other nonthreatening fireworks.
  — Michelle Jenkins, idahostatesman, 28 June 2018
• But the allegations against the singers threaten the nonthreatening image that makes K-pop tick.
  — Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019
• For the most part, these wines were recognizable, nonthreatening and cheap.
  — Michael Austin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017
• Here, the image — a powerful black man quelling his emotion and struggling to present as calm, smaller, nonthreatening — has the strength of parable.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2018
• The walk is aimed at getting teens that information in a fun and nonthreatening setting.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 20 Mar. 2018
• The goal is to help students learn HERO concepts in a nonthreatening and age-appropriate manner.
  — Julia Sclafani, latimes.com, 26 June 2019
• In the past, Putin has campaigned against a roster of nonthreatening challengers that neither debate nor criticize him.
  — Yana Gorokhovskaia, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2018
• Once a nonthreatening neighbor, the Nets have become the preferred New York destination.
  — Chris Mannix, SI.com, 9 July 2019
• Cartoonish in-jokes turn out to be an effective, nonthreatening entry point for even the most extreme ideologies.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2018
• My wife loves animals and views the mouse visitor as a furry little nonthreatening creature.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 May 2017
• In the Colorado legal world, Gorsuch was known as a menschy and nonthreatening Republican.
  — Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Daily Intelligencer, 28 May 2018
• Correctly or not, voters believe this nonthreatening old white guy of moderate leanings is the one to beat President Trump.
  — Dana Milbank, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019
• They were raised on King, the myth, sanitized for general consumption — some would say rendered nonthreatening to white America — and passed on through school programs and feel good television specials.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Otherwise, the 2013 Leaf is still just as unobtrusive and nonthreatening to drive as before, with largely progressive brake feel and light but precise steering that offers almost no feel.
  — Mike Spinelli, Popular Mechanics, 30 Apr. 2013
• In discussing its role, company executives sound less like Thiel, bent on overthrowing the system, and more like a would-be thief strolling through a jewelry store, determined to appear nonthreatening.
  — Daniel Roth, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2010
• Millions of years ago, when our ancestors might have encountered someone who looked friendly eating in front of them, the cues were clear: Here is a nonthreatening person in possession of food that is demonstrably edible.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019
• Politicians able to articulate a vision of this future that is inclusive, inspiring, and nonthreatening — the mixture Obama sought in 2008 — will reap massive rewards.
  — Ezra Klein, Vox, 30 July 2018
• As a result, these songbird parents produced 40 percent fewer offspring over the breeding season compared to animals that heard nonthreatening sounds.
  — Liza Gross, Smithsonian, 11 July 2017
• As a result, these songbird parents produced 40 percent fewer offspring over the breeding season compared to animals that heard nonthreatening sounds.
  — Liza Gross, Smithsonian, 12 July 2017
• Worse, the latest research suggests that only 27% of American women know how to apply eyeliner in a cohesive, nonthreatening fashion.
  — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 12 July 2018
• Communicate with your partner in a nonthreatening way, because ultimatums and threats do not prevent affairs.
  — Monique Judge, The Root, 14 Mar. 2018
• Europe may come apart at the seams because the cumulative effect of accepting nonthreatening refugees daily poses a major threat to Western cohesion, values, resources and fiscal health.
  — WSJ, 8 Nov. 2018
• That says a lot about Atkins' pleasant, nonthreatening personality.
  — George Skelton, latimes.com, 22 Mar. 2018
• This account — which, again, comes from Miller himself — shows a high-level presidential adviser responding to a completely nonviolent and nonthreatening gesture by throwing away his own food.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2018
• Almond was familiar and nonthreatening and blended beautifully with greens.
  — Rachel Sugar, Vox, 14 Aug. 2019
• Ellemen said that MMICs can provide detailed radar images to distinguish a missile warhead from nearby decoys or clutter, preventing the wasteful firing of an interceptor missile on nonthreatening targets.
  — Colleen Shalby, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• Cherished childhood texts like The Wind in the Willows—whose internalized influence can carry over into adult perceptions of nature—contain nonthreatening, cute, and largely sympathetic portrayals of wildlife taking on human roles.
  — Jeff Vandermeer, The Atlantic, 9 May 2017
• Police agencies can walk away if the individual seems nonthreatening, and hospitals can discharge patients after a medical assessment and before a psychiatric assessment can be made.
  — Thomas Curwen, latimes.com, 18 Apr. 2018

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