How to Use nonlethal in a Sentence

nonlethal

adjective

• Study up on the effects of the nonlethal weapons that could be used against you.
  — Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 9 Apr. 2025
• Many are asking why she couldn't have been subdued with nonlethal force.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Apr. 2021
• Police fired nonlethal rounds at him that bounced off his body armor with no effect.
  — Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2022
• The training includes standing rules for the use of force and the use of nonlethal weapons.
  — Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 11 June 2025
• Thankfully, there are nonlethal ways to stop mice from chewing wires.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
• In response, the state sent in a strike team tasked with using nonlethal methods to chase the wolves away.
  — Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• Should there be a ban or restrictions on police's use of tear gas and nonlethal weapons used in crowd control?
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2020
• But many are openly questioning why this young teenager could not have been subdued with nonlethal force.
  — Peniel Joseph, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
• Also on the list is a 40mm launcher that can fire nonlethal sponge rounds, Varso said.
  — Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2022
• McGill had nonlethal blunt-force trauma to the head and multiple stab wounds on his chest, abdomen and back.
  — Jenny Berg, Star Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
• There’s also concern about the robots being allowed to use force — both lethal and nonlethal — on humans.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Airsoft guns fire nonlethal BBs or pellets instead of blanks or bullets.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2021
• An officer fired a nonlethal round and took Thompson into custody.
  — Fox News, 24 Dec. 2021
• Police broke up some of the crowds by firing tear gas canisters and nonlethal ammunition.
  — NBC News, 1 June 2020
• Here’s a look at when and why serious injuries occur with nonlethal weapons, and what people can do to protect themselves.
  — Michael Ciaglo, National Geographic, 5 June 2020
• However, the autopsy also found Kessler had nonlethal injuries to the left side of his face.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The Jewish man suffered lethal injuries to the back of his head and nonlethal injuries to left side of his face, Young said.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
• At the time, pro-China commentators were quick to emphasize that the event was nonlethal.
  — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• As part of this, Europe must provide the overwhelming share of future lethal and nonlethal aid to Ukraine.
  — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
• Yet most groups assisting Ukraine provide nonlethal equipment and training.
  — William Reno, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2023
• One of the officers shined a flashlight at them and another fired his weapon, launching a nonlethal projectile at her face, the suit said.
  — Randy Furst, Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
• After almost a decade in development, the promise of a nonlethal laser weapon seemed possible.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2022
• Campus safety officers are stationed in every middle and high school in the district but carry nonlethal weapons.
  — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 25 June 2025
• With a nonlethal depredation permit, the Kelseyville property owner put up a trail camera.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• In Flaco’s case, the rodenticides in his system could have turned a nonlethal injury into a fatal one.
  — Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
• This means that the strike team members can use a number of nonlethal methods to scare them away, including firing guns into the air, and the drones that light up the night sky.
  — Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• If bats are found inside a home, a nonlethal bat exclusion method can relocate them and prevent future bats from finding their way into attics.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2021
• Ireland has imposed sanctions on Russia and sent nonlethal aid to Ukraine in response to the invasion.
  — Jamey Keaten, ajc, 15 May 2022
• Yoon said that South Korea will increase the shipments of nonlethal military items such as body armor and helmets this year.
  — Felipe Dana and Hyung-Jin Kim, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2023
• The state spent more than $2 million last summer trying to use nonlethal methods to chase wolves away from Sierra Valley.
  — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Jan. 2026