nonaggressive

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Recent Examples of nonaggressive The spiders are nonaggressive and bite only in self-defense, such as when someone accidentally sits on them. Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 3 May 2023 Unassuming, nonaggressive, close, complicated but not tortured: These are all words that describe the uniquely generous fictions of Louise Erdrich, which are just as concerned with oppression as Sebald’s but told with a completely different attitude toward human relationships. Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2021 The other venomous snake native to the state, the northern copperhead, is mostly docile and nonaggressive, choosing to remain still and hidden rather than give away its position. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2022 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources doesn't trap or remove bears with nonaggressive behavior. Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021 See all Example Sentences for nonaggressive 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonaggressive
Adjective
  • The charismatic but typically unaggressive sea mammals were biting people who approached them.
    Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2023
  • Multiple players wound up in first-half foul trouble because of slow legs and unaggressive coverage.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Military comedies have a long and relatively peaceable history on screens small and large — Fred Astaire, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Bill Murray all made them.
    Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In the past, feeding them was a way to keep the relations peaceable.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Here a civilian leader is shown in an unwarlike pose, seated, with a thoughtful and resolute expression—an icon of responsibility.
    Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Hobbits are small and unwarlike, with no interest in glory.
    Tom Shippey, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2017
Adjective
  • For not wanting to be nonbelligerent by naming the terms for belligerence.
    Solmaz Sharif, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.
    Charles Krauthammer, Twin Cities, 30 May 2017
Adjective
  • Headlines daily chronicle war, murder, crime, road rage, social media threats and trivial disputes that turn deadly, which is why the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta continues spreading King's teachings on a more irenic way of life.
    Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 27 Feb. 2022
  • In Kennedy’s postwar America, Catholics were viewed more favorably, thanks partly to the irenic pontificate of John XXIII.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • With a focus on soft, natural tones, sustainable materials and biophilic elements like plants and greenery, this trend transforms hospitality spaces into peaceful sanctuaries.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • But even that initial wave appeared to mount a peaceful takeover, with folks posing for pictures, making snow angels and gleefully soaking in the moment.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Choose between two rich colors: pacific blue or yarrow gold.
    Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • While the gaze in Freud’s painting is fairly neutral, the gaze in Paul’s painting is not.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Most countries were of a mind to try to stay neutral between the two powers and maintain good relations with both Washington and Beijing.
    Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Nonaggressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonaggressive. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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