Sample Sentences for
innocuous
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    Ogawa had always been an innocuous man, one of the few Japanese whom Louie had never had reason to fear.  (source)
    innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
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    But a little later it was reminding her a good deal less of that innocuous function.  (source)
    innocuous = harmless
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    The terrace was peaceful and innocuous-looking in the sunshine.  (source)
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    Send in the most innocuous person from Twelve they can come up with.  (source)
    innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
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    With ... Hal swearing innocuously ... they staggered into John Thornton's camp  (source)
    innocuously = harmlessly
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    Conscious of Astaroth's prohibitions, Max allowed himself no books but took one innocuous paper—a private note that...  (source)
    innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
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    The great words flutter innocuously to the courtroom floor.  (source)
    innocuously = harmlessly
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    During the extremely innocuous and very friendly conference,  (source)
    innocuous = harmless
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    Innocuously.†  (source)
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    ...from a great Niagara of reading matter to a mere innocuous dripping of...  (source)
    innocuous = unlikely to harm or disturb
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    Much of the music has the mid-eighties feel of the Beverly Hills Cop sound track—squeaky blips, pops, and bright, punchy rhythms—but by the fifth or sixth repeat of the music, it fades innocuously into the background.†  (source)
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    What am I, innocuous?  (source)
    innocuous = harmless
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    He had lived innocuously for a little while and then had gone down in flame over Ferrara on the seventh day, while God was resting, when McWatt turned and Yossarian guided him in over the target on a second bomb run because Aarfy was confused and Yossarian had been unable to drop his bombs the first time.†  (source)
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