How to Use harmless in a Sentence

harmless

adjective
  • It was just a harmless joke.
  • We're just having a bit of harmless fun.
  • His ideas seem harmless enough.
  • Each piece looks harmless on its own.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • These were not harmless prompts.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Beet juice may cause pink urine or red stool, which is harmless.
    Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This species of large sea snail is harmless to humans.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • This is known as beeturia and is harmless.
    Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2026
  • On the other hand, most snakes are harmless to dogs.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 21 June 2026
  • This time, two small polyps were removed and found to be harmless.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That belief is no longer harmless.
    Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • That sounds harmless on the surface.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Your phone number may feel harmless.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • And not just harmless ones, either.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • These videos can look fun and harmless but may teach your child things that aren’t true or even safe.
    ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The message may sound harmless.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • Your life might be on the line, whereas our bullies were harmless.
    Time, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Choose to let go of harmless slights and petty conflicts.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • But experts say the tail is harmless and cannot break the skin on a human hand.
    Fox News, 26 Feb. 2020
  • What seems harmless to you can be life-threatening to wildlife.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The lines themselves are harmless, Rao says.
    Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The drug was thought to be harmless and in Germany was sold over the counter.
    David Armstrong, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
  • Colon polyps are mostly a harmless clump of cells that form the lining of the colon.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Cicadas are, for the most part, harmless to plants, pets and humans.
    Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 14 Aug. 2021
  • At first glance, the job posts look completely harmless.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Our list of epic ideas includes a range of stunts from harmless and goofy to downright saucy.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Your task is to decide what's worth fighting over and what's harmless enough to let go.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 18 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Tossing in a load of wash at home sounds ordinary and harmless.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
  • The harmless but cool guy hanging out in the White House has turned .
    Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2020

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