How to Use harmless in a Sentence

harmless

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• It was just a harmless joke.
• We're just having a bit of harmless fun.
• His ideas seem harmless enough.
• Most are harmless, but some can put your health at risk.
  — Katie Camero, SELF, 25 July 2024
• Shane is rightly off-put by the man, who seems harmless.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Then a pair of harmless singles in the fourth and fifth were the only knocks recorded against him all day.
  — Journal Sentinel, 20 July 2023
• Most of those are harmless, but there are a few types that swimmers should be on the lookout for.
  — Adam Benson The Sun News (myrtle Beach, al, 9 July 2023
• At the time, the NIH said the compound was thought to be harmless to humans, animals and plants.
  — Justin Gamble, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
• Our list of epic ideas includes a range of stunts from harmless and goofy to downright saucy.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2023
• Though most forms of E. coli are harmless, some strains can make humans sick.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 1 Aug. 2024
• Your life might be on the line, whereas our bullies were harmless.
  — Time, 13 Jan. 2023
• The new vaccine, called Arexvy, contains a harmless version of a protein found on the outside of the virus.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
• Most blooms—even the harmless ones—look and smell funky (Krimsky describes the odor as a musty decay).
  — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 9 Aug. 2024
• The bet is that new, clean stuff will make the old, dirty stuff harmless or irrelevant.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
• Most are harmless ripoffs—young women trying to cash in on the Zeitgeist.
  — Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
• Hundreds of space rocks hit Earth every year, and most are harmless.
  — Corinne Purtill, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
• As the bears run away, wildlife officers shout at them and fire harmless powder balls at them, the video shows.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
• Many are harmless and, in many cases, can even be helpful.
  — Alex Yampolsky, Verywell Health, 17 July 2024
• The slow-moving sharks, which like to dwell near the sea floor in warm, shallow waters, are – for the most part – harmless to humans.
  — Nell Lewis; Video By Angus Watson, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
• But the way that Butler comes off as more harmless than the real Elvis ties into the key problem with the film’s first half.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 May 2022
• This will be the fourth year that schools have either been held harmless or not received a letter grade.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2022
• The airspace was reopened once the object was found to be harmless, said Daniel Voda, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The powder was later found to be harmless, police said.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• Many of them carry much more harmless cargo such as corn syrup.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 27 June 2024
• Urine color may not tell the whole story, and a change in color can have a harmless culprit such as food dye.
  — Kathleen Felton, Health, 26 May 2023
• To clean a bite that appears pretty harmless, simply wash the area well with warm and soapy water.
  — Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 23 Sep. 2022
• There are many types of E. coli — a type of bacteria — and some are harmless and even live in people’s intestines.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
• Most strains are harmless, but some can cause severe illness, the release said.
  — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• The theme is upbeat, but also has a sly quality that captures a certain spirit of the show’s premise: Matlock’s folksy charm may seem harmless, but underestimate him at your peril.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
• While often dismissed as harmless, these remarks can hint at deeper problems that could create significant challenges down the line.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024