HARMLESS in a Sentence

Learn HARMLESS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

41 example sentences for HARMLESS, such as:

1. Her brother's a bit simple, but he's quite harmless.
2. Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.
3. Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up.
4. So many things, quite harmless, that one must not do for the same reason.
5. The bomb squad also was summoned to examine one other package that proved to be harmless.

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 Meanings and Examples of HARMLESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
harmless
 a.  unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
Classic Sentence: (35 in 3 pages)
1  Ethan had imagined that his allusion might open the way to the accepted pleasantries, and these perhaps in turn to a harmless caress, if only a mere touch on her hand.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
2  She liked gossip better than anything else in the world, even more than she liked the pleasures of the table, and she prattled on for hours about other people's affairs in a harmless kindly way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
3  So many things, quite harmless, that one must not do for the same reason.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  "Oh, he's harmless if you flatter him and act like you depend on him," said Melanie.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
5  And the fact in itself still seemed harmless enough; only it was a fertile source of harmful complications.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 12
6  Put by Rosedale in terms of business-like give-and-take, this understanding took on the harmless air of a mutual accommodation, like a transfer of property or a revision of boundary lines.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 7
7  Willis and Mrs. Woodford arrived, Willis in home-made knickers and black sneakers through at the toe; then Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Dillon, people as harmless and grateful as the Woodfords.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
8  But this is a harmless little foible in the English whale-hunters, which the Nantucketer does not take much to heart; probably, because he knows that he has a few foibles himself.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
9  Generally, however, this harmless question would only make his fellow workingmen lose their tempers and call him a fool.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  The brewer was a Jew, and had no brains, but he was harmless, and would put up a rare campaign fund.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
11  Turning like a headed deer, he shot, with the swiftness of an arrow, through a pillar of forked flame, and passing the whole multitude harmless, he appeared on the opposite side of the clearing.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
12  It was excellent drill for their memories, a harmless amusement, and employed many hours which otherwise would have been idle, lonely, or spent in less profitable society.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
13  The servant takes Hugo aside to tell him something, and Hagar changes the cups for two others which are harmless.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
14  That is perfectly natural, and quite harmless, if the liking does not become a passion and lead one to do foolish or unmaidenly things.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
15  Passers-by probably thought them a pair of harmless lunatics, for they entirely forgot to hail a bus, and strolled leisurely along, oblivious of deepening dusk and fog.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
Example Sentence:
1  Peter might look a bit fierce, but actually he's fairly harmless.
2  Her brother's a bit simple, but he's quite harmless.
3  Those who think this is a harmless recreational drug should wise up.
4  The bomb squad also was summoned to examine one other package that proved to be harmless.
5  Some non-native species are harmless, but others wreak havoc on other species, human health and the economy.
6  He would at intervals talk with great good sense; but in general he was fondest of the company of children, whom he used to call harmless little men.