INOFFENSIVE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for INOFFENSIVE, such as:

1. He never killed an inoffensive animal.
2. His habits were regular, his conduct inoffensive.
3. Meantime, as he listened to the usual report, he had the most innocent and inoffensive air.
4. By nature inoffensive, friendly, and obliging, his presentation at St. James's had made him courteous.
5. In recent years public companies have preferred to wish their employees and customers an inoffensive Happy Holidays.

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 Meanings and Examples of INOFFENSIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inoffensive
 a.  harmless; innocent; giving no offense
Classic Sentence:
1  Meantime, as he listened to the usual report, he had the most innocent and inoffensive air.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 23
2  For a long while she could hardly believe that their dissension had arisen from a conversation so inoffensive, of so little moment to either.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 23
3  If the lemonade be pure and inoffensive, the syrup will retain its color; if, on the contrary, the lemonade be drugged with poison, the syrup will become green.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
4  By nature inoffensive, friendly, and obliging, his presentation at St. James's had made him courteous.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
5  She had come with a gentleman by the name of Gouvernail, connected with one of the daily papers, of whom nothing special could be said, except that he was observant and seemed quiet and inoffensive.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXX
6  His habits were regular, his conduct inoffensive.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
7  He never killed an inoffensive animal.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
8  Andrea's hand left his pocket inoffensively, and was carried up to the red mustache, which it played with for some time.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 64. The Beggar.
Example Sentence:
1  In recent years public companies have preferred to wish their employees and customers an inoffensive Happy Holidays.