How To Use Innocuous In A Sentence

This seemingly innocuous phrase was actually a veiled threat. THE GUARDSMEN
Such a seemingly innocuous observation, yet as Logan evolves from student, to writer, to secret agent, to art gallery dealer, we see how it informs a kind of amorality in his character that propels him to sleep with his college mate's girlfriend and, later, the same man's wife, marry a woman he doesn't love and then push her aside when he meets the real love of his life. SFGate: Top News Stories
There was a sense of disorganisation at times, as in the 20th minute when Gabriel Heinze pumped an innocuous-looking high ball towards the penalty area which Brown and Smalling both went to clear and then left to one another. Chris Smalling helps make a shaky case for Manchester United's defence
The first, innocuous shower stroked the lake's surface but, when the wind came up, the loons began to call madly.
The causal infection can be viral or bacterial and may have been innocuous. Times, Sunday Times

Provos is an expert on steganography, the science of concealing secret messages in seemingly innocuous content.
They tend to be innocuous when not fully ripe but the flavour builds up. Food Watch
Filmed once before with Stacy Keach, The Killer Inside Me is perhaps Thompson's best known book, telling the story of a seemingly innocuous smalltown sheriff who hides a psychopathic secret.
The flowers were the same colour as the mysterious building which flanked the cemetery - an innocuous pale pink. The Crossing-Place
‘The dissimilitude between the terms ‘civil marriage’ and ‘civil union’ is not innocuous: it is a considered choice of language that reflects a demonstrable assigning of same-sex, largely homosexual couples to second-class status.
The flowers were the same colour as the mysterious building which flanked the cemetery - an innocuous pale pink. The Crossing-Place
That he sang in tune and remembered the lyrics was perhaps its own triumph on a night of innocuous abandon. Times, Sunday Times
Such a broad range may seem innocuous, but it blurs the lines between supposition and fact. Times, Sunday Times
Too often, seemingly small and innocuous investments are the first step in a chain of economically dependent investments. Principles of Corporate Finance
Indian Independence of 1857 "-- in its way a very remarkable history of the Mutiny, combining considerable research with the grossest perversions of facts and great literary power with the most savage hatred -- were bound in false covers as" Pickwick Papers, "or other equally innocuous works. Indian Unrest
While remaining innocuous to the normal tissues, the prodrug is converted to the cytotoxin by the enzyme localised at the tumour.
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
Heartburn sounds such an innocuous affliction until you actually experience it but stabbing sharp pains in your chest when ever you bend down or lie down is not very fun.
Cerruti has veered away from innocuous and terribly predictable suits; away from trousers, jacket, belt and shoes in perfect harmony.
But my experience is that the dominant paradigm in “old media” is to provide the blandest, most innocuous content with an eye toward attracting advertisers, rather than providing interesting content with an eye toward attracting readers. Matthew Yglesias » Newspapers Without Profits
All while she was unable to violate the yoke of the unprecedented use of the arcane "States Secrets Privilege", invoked by the DoJ in such a draconian fashion that she is still "gagged" from disclosing even innocuous personal details such as her date of birth. Brad Friedman: EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Ellsberg Says Sibel Edmonds Case 'Far More Explosive Than Pentagon Papers'
The stroll looks innocuously aimless enough, random conversation and desultory gaits all firmly in place.
Many journalists here choose to pigeon all but the most innocuous of stories.
Yet as innocuous as they seem, the treadmill is the most dangerous item to use at the gym. Times, Sunday Times
Mass amounts of this innocuous beverage flooded the market and, backed by slick advertising campaigns and the lure of good cheap wine, few could resist the bait.
The stroll looks innocuously aimless enough, random conversation and desultory gaits all firmly in place.
Gathering video from a webcam can be as simple as tricking the user into clicking on an innocuous-looking link in a Web page, a process known as clickjacking.
The DVD might provide a pleasant evening for retirees in the mood for some innocuous nostalgia.
Hit the delete key and make up something innocuous.
But Jimmy Grimble smells like a sweet and innocuous film from the get-go, thus we know someone's going to get their comeuppance, and it isn't dear little Jimmy.
Generally, the acids produced by the metabolic activities, (such as uric acid, lactic acid, etc.) react with the alkalis in the blood, lymph, bile, etc., thus being neutralized and rendered innocuous. How Important is Acid and Alkali Balance in Blood?
His comment seemed perfectly innocuous.
East had discarded a seemingly innocuous heart, but this had left him with just the nine and declarer had capitalised. Times, Sunday Times
As one might expect, the work placed in medical environments was generally meant to be as innocuous as possible.
Some security firms have systems whereby staff can signal that they are acting under duress by dropping pre-arranged and seemingly innocuous words into their conversation.
Isn't it funny how innocuous little expressions and everyday phrases can well and truly confuse our cousins from across the Atlantic ocean, and vice versa?
When an off-the-record interview is over, he reads back a quote that is quite innocuous and asks, "Why can't you say that on the record?
A shiv is all about masked utility: it’s an innocuous object with improbably toxic intent (whether used to attack others or to protect oneself ...). Boing Boing: July 30, 2006 - August 5, 2006 Archives
Passing a note under the glass also looks innocuous on a security camera. Times, Sunday Times
He seemed oblivious to the reception this innocuous comment was about to receive.
Now Microsoft has completed the first formal study of health-related Web searches, and the rise of so-called cyberchondria: the distress caused by searching innocuous symptoms, and finding links that then quickly lead to extreme conclusions. pain would more likely lead to a link for the worst-case scenario like heart attack, than to the more mundane, "indigestion. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
The second booking involved both players again, with Strong going down in an innocuous tussle for the ball.
Take the innocuous-sounding castoreum, which is used to enhance the flavor of puddings, candies, and some frozen dairy desserts. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The high-rollers have mostly disappeared, replaced by an innocuous crowd of expense-account burghers wearing slate-colored suits.
Here's one of the most scandalous guys in the American public right now so he's got to at least be able to go into the store and be innocuous.
While the term lawful access sounds innocuous, the program, which dates back to 2002, represents law enforcement's desire to re-make Canada's networks to allow for lawful interception of private communications. Peace, order and good government, eh?: March 2005 Archives
Why would a chemical substance as seemingly innocuous as milk sugar cause a body misery?
The question is why an innocuous Hollywood film should provoke such a reaction.
This innocuous-sounding stock phrase impliedly relieves the driver of responsibility for causing the resulting death and destruction.
That he sang in tune and remembered the lyrics was perhaps its own triumph on a night of innocuous abandon. Times, Sunday Times
While remaining innocuous to the normal tissues, the prodrug is converted to the cytotoxin by the enzyme localised at the tumour.
It had all seemed so innocuous, and yet... She'd have a word with the DCI on Monday, she decided. THE GOSPEL MAKERS
So seemingly innocuous terms can make a huge difference. Times, Sunday Times
This resulted in a few innocuously ribald emails going back and forth until he agreed, which is credit to the pure, unadulterated force that is my charm.
What were much more common, as various hacks and police forces found to their cost, were chancers trying either to pass off innocuous material as weapons-grade when they had a customer, or to secure rewards from the authorities.
The concept of a redeemer, a liberator, or a deliverer is much closer to the state of mind that is prevalent today than is the innocuous and ambiguous term information.
Of course that's not to say they should be running sanctioned 12 round title fights after innocuous challenges, but there's certainly some leeway here for the "afters". The Offside
Tonight he was booked for an innocuous enough challenge, then sent off as a second bookable offence for clapping sarcastically.
Lurking within that innocuous title is the sense of an artform in crisis.
The performance opens at a seemingly innocuous meeting of a village fête committee, made up of a drunk vicar and an array of ineffectual local worthies who deliver a string of bawdy one-liners.
There are those," Graham said, "who have tried to reduce Christ to a genial and innocuous appeaser; but Jesus said 'You are wrong-I have come as a firesetter and sword-wielder. CounterPunch
The foie gras was refined almost to the point of innocuousness but layered thinly with confit and smoked goose and served with a slice of very salty toast, which helped to bring it to life, almost.
I loved that as a line, because it's so innocuous, and it has more relevance as the movie goes on.
The editorial barely touches on this and simply goes on about how innocuous the Project was.
The liquid looked fairly innocuous.
The science has long shown that stearic acid -- the predominant saturated fatty acid in, for instance, dark chocolate -- is innocuous. David Katz, M.D.: New Dietary Guidelines: A Physician's Perspective
It must not be supposed that the fall in prices thus analysed is innocuous.
At first he had been surprised at how young and innocuous Lyndsey looked, with her gamine hairstyle and her vivid blue eyes. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
The most destructive temptation for a leader is one that seems innocuous. Christianity Today
This is not about some fool of a Secret Service agent jumping the gun on an innocuous online comment, or an airline security officer with a penchant for bullyragging 55 year old women.
The final straw is when, in a scene that makes even the most innocuous Hindi movie seem lubricious to the extreme, they finally make out.
Self is well attuned to the multiple valencies of that innocuous phone phrase 'you're breaking up'. The Times Literary Supplement
Opener ‘Cara Mia’ begins with innocuous acoustic strumming, before a trebly guitar line precedes the metronome tick of the drums, and a coffeehouse performance turns into a professional courting.
In fact, haddock look positively ferocious compared to these innocuous marine travelers.
In a nearby lake a horse slakes its innocuous thirst as vehemently as the peasants.
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
There are a number of issues here from what at the outset appears a pretty innocuous question.
Your innocuous miss who refused to give up in exchange for who collapsed to.
Your innocuous miss who refused to give up in exchange for who collapsed to.
Innocuous slang for the gluteus maximus in the U.S., the word is an obscenity in the U.K. and Australia, where it refers to female genitalia. With Fanny Packs on the Runway, Can Mom Jeans Be Far Behind?
The post is a variation of an old joke I've seen on Slashdot where someone will say something controversial, "backspace," and then put something innocuous in its stead Reddit.com: what's new online!
The official spokesman said the powder was being checked to make sure it was innocuous.
Most of the stuff that comes before and after the "jut" is innocuous. Obama Holds Sizable Lead In Today's Tracking Polls
Many journalists here choose to pigeon all but the most innocuous of stories.
After all the arguments from media spokespersons who want us to believe their ‘product’ is innocuous, the world is still not flat and nicotine remains addictive.
It was Sunday afternoon, and Pauline and I were tramping along the dusty road homeward from a long walk, during which, having discussed perfectly innocuous subjects, we had agreed. Aleta Dey
OK A seemingly innocuous if slightly sanctimonious passage is in fact important and welcome. Times, Sunday Times
Belief and unbelief, so important to the intellectual posturing of modern existence, are innocuous, vacuous terms.
But I couldn't help but wonder, if that's how an innocuous honky is treated, what's happening to the swarthy bearded types?
Yet today's sermons are often so balanced and innocuous that few can protest. Christianity Today
OK A seemingly innocuous if slightly sanctimonious passage is in fact important and welcome. Times, Sunday Times
Consider how subtly the following beliefs contribute to long-term unhappiness, even though they might seem innocuous in the short run: Deepak Chopra: Why You Don't Want to Be Happy
It's a private matter,' Tony said, trying to look innocuous, arms loose by his sides in an unthreatening posture. THE LAST TEMPTATION
Rob Schneider, whose Saturday Night Live heyday seems a pitifully distant memory right about now, stars as the title schlub, a fussy nerd who somehow landed a gorgeous Mexican-American bride the innocuous Claudia Bassols after a six-week courtship. Thursday TV in Review: Rotten Rob, Finder, Person of Interest and More
And another player might have just kissed off my remark as dumb but innocuous.
For my own (extended) family we create it by sending our kids to school and pretty steadily teaching them subversiveness at a low, innocuous level throughout their lives. What do we teach our kids? | Johnny B. Truant
Now, castor beans sound pretty innocuous, but when they're ground down, they can be made into a product called ricin (ph), which is a deadly bio warfare agent. CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2002
That innocuous graphic shows that we have a decidedly nocuous problem. Archive 2007-10-01
When this picture was taken it couldn't have seemed more innocuous.
They tend to be innocuous when not fully ripe but the flavour builds up. Food Watch
Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.
In the beginning all she managed to wheedle out of him was innocuous enough, if occasionally mildly libellous. THE ENDLESS GAME
This innocuous uniform (seemingly more for corporate temp jobs than anything else), was ideal for retrofitting with a secret camera and hidden microphone.
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
The plastic foam box was covered in cloth to disguise it as an innocuous package.
She has just begun chemotherapy and her immune system is so ravaged that the most innocuous virus could kill her.
Even the most innocuous of subjects would contain a hidden meaning.
At Bootham Crescent in August 2001, after an innocuous challenge by City defender Mike Basham, Lockwood thought he had been badly winded.
¶City's captain, the Belgian defender Vincent Kompany, was shown a straight red card in the 12th minute for a two-footed challenge that, while technically illegal, was so innocuous that the player he "fouled" - the Portuguese winger Nani, who, everyone knows, would have gone down if there was even a hint of contact - merely stepped over it and turned to try to win back the ball. NYT > Home Page
OK A seemingly innocuous if slightly sanctimonious passage is in fact important and welcome. Times, Sunday Times
She had me stop and asked me where the original idea behind starting the conversation had originated and we mentally retraced the links in my chain of thought back to the totally innocuous thing that had started it.
Well, Lou, there are about 1,000 images altogether, but we're told that many of them are innocuous, pictures of innocent horseplay and just snapshots.
The trend is explicable in terms of a set of often unrelated and often seemingly innocuous market decisions and administrative policies.
It's an old story, of course, that "adultness" attaches to innocuous registrations of queer and same-sex life while different standards attach to heterosexual desires and practices. Amor mundi
Furthermore, even the most innocuous posts about Israel attract trolls who frequently engage in unabashed Jew-baiting. Global Voices in English » Lebanon: Academics and Bloggers Call for Israel Boycott
I have been making a conscious effort to eat more fish, though, particularly the innocuous types, like terakihi and cod. Archive 2009-08-01
It looks like copper sulfate, which is innocuous enough to be carrying around in an open beaker. Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Thoughtful scientist, colored water
In that innocuous sentence is some essence of this great city, this great cruel city.
The customized malware payload is innocuous looking, low profile, and usually avoids typical malware giveaways. The Volokh Conspiracy » The Internet, The Fourth Amendment, and Technology Neutrality: A Response to Horowitz
Her changeableness and ‘playfulness,’ initially innocuous, turn menacing and finally destructive when she kills Clay after he has harangued her about himself and his tortured and hidden psyche.
It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
So Renwick kept the conversation innocuous, nothing to stir up any more tension in Moore.
The innocuous act reminds me of the lipstick kisses on Oscar Wilde's memorial in PÃ¨re Lachaise Cemetery. Ronda Carman: Padlocks Declaring Your Love On The Pont Des Arts In Paris
An innocuous ruin such as this could be a real moneymaker if planning permission was secured to turn it into a small development of chichi apartments.
The houses raided and searched again included innocuous terraced homes and semis. The Sun
Consisting of a greatly reduced photograph of a typed page, a microdot could be pasted on top of a printed period at the end of a sentence in an otherwise innocuous missive sent between a spy and headquarters personnel.
To have all that dragged up for something relatively innocuous - that's tough. Times, Sunday Times
An innocuous looking free-kick was struck sweetly by the winger's left foot.
This weighty political analysis lurks behind a more innocuous form.
So when the Government found itself with large amounts of surplus money left in unclaimed assets the voluntary sector seemed an innocuous place to turn. Times, Sunday Times
THE old woman's movements seemed innocuous at first. Times, Sunday Times
The flowers were the same colour as the mysterious building which flanked the cemetery - an innocuous pale pink. The Crossing-Place
Apparently Mark Wahlberg, Tilda Swinton and Lily Allen all have third nipples, and they're not alone: up to six percent of people have some form of polymastia (latin for freakish extra boobs), ranging from a relatively innocuous nubbin to a fully-formed, fully-functional breast. Frances McInnis: Five Conversation Starters: Boobs, Boobs, Boobs
Belief and unbelief, so important to the intellectual posturing of modern existence, are innocuous, vacuous terms.
His comment seemed perfectly innocuous.
It sounds so innocuous, so harmless, like it would barely cause a murmur or a ripple.
But the swelling tide of latitudinarian theology and sentiment made it seem innocuous enough to most.
It is also true that some of the incriminating statements quoted in it are fairly innocuous.
It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
The visitors were denied a third goal on 69 minutes when Sills crashed a powerful volley into the roof of the net but his effort was ruled out for an innocuous push.
Through the third stanza, the poem is a recollection of young love, a bittersweet and innocuous piece.
Similarly, is it possible to develop or tweak software so that innocuous sites aren't blocked?
At first sight this patriotism seems innocuous. Times, Sunday Times
The innocuous trauma of high pressure jets and bubble massage to the insensate breast and back areas had caused the bruising seen in the picture.
Often it feels as if their constant, innocuous grumblings are just a set-up for a legitimate complaint that never comes.
Similar technologies can separate innocuous packages from the suspect ones that need closer inspection.
Commonly called the butterworts, these plants are just about the most innocuous-looking carnivorous plants you'll ever see.
Drinks should be much more clearly labelled with their strength - in particular the seemingly innocuous alcopops.
The anticorporate speech campaign began with the boycott of Target Corp. for making a fairly innocuous campaign donation. Free Speech for Unions, but Not for Other Corporations?
Valentine Day email messages may not be as innocuous as they appear to be.
Seemingly innocuous sparklers, firecrackers and bottle rockets exact a toll of pain and suffering on thousands of Americans each year.
That seemingly innocuous statute implicitly included rules for classification and censorship.
The seemingly innocuous act of signing off an email with an "xoxo" -- a virtual kiss and hug. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Honestly you would think that this would be quite an innocuous activity.
These facilities are hidden in various ways, frequently coming under the aegis of innocuous organizations.
The beginnings of an answer may lie in an innocuous sign set just outside the door to the lower basilica. Times, Sunday Times
Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly.
Still, he is the innocuous core that links a huge cast of eccentric characters, foremost his war buddy and closest friend Samad Iqbal.
If this is about engineering reality, the goal seems innocuous enough.
The little pinch looks innocuous, but boy does it hurt!
Even seemingly innocuous turnstile-exits with interlocking horizontal bars give my sister pause, however.
Occasionally we encounter small crevasses, innocuous little fissures cutting slashes through the pristine whiteness of the slope.
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
Even relatively innocuous data changes, such as a change of address, can be used to exploit or disrupt systems if they're not audited, says Brady.
Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous.
If you can't remember which titles are bad for your inventory (the fact that you can't is scary enough), then use a innocuous mark on the fore-edge. Archive 2008-12-01
The contact looked innocuous enough but it left the big Glasgow prop prostrate on the ground, his body convulsing in a way that ensured the medics lost no time going to his aid.
The triggering infection may have seemed innocuous at the time. M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It
So Renwick kept the conversation innocuous, nothing to stir up any more tension in Moore.
This might seem innocuous until you grasp precisely what has happened here. Times, Sunday Times
it was an innocuous remark
The humour lies in the construction that the listener's overactive imagination can put on these innocuous phrases.
And another player might have just kissed off my remark as dumb but innocuous.
The first, innocuous shower stroked the lake's surface but, when the wind came up, the loons began to call madly.
The scheme itself is, as Larry points out, pretty innocuous in isolation, just like bar codes.
This innocuous-sounding stock phrase impliedly relieves the driver of responsibility for causing the resulting death and destruction.
Such tactics may seem innocuous (even funny) as isolated incidents; the problems are only apparent when ads are multiplied by thousands and constantly force-fed to the public.
Each capability seems innocuous, but a hidden cellphone with both features can silently and automatically answer calls, establishing a radio link for bugging a room.
One of the most tumultuous rounds of cheering and applause was reserved by the delegates for a seemingly innocuous line about tax laws.
Manipulation through flattery is sometimes innocuous and sometimes sinister. An Interview with Martha Stout
The houses raided and searched again included innocuous terraced homes and semis. The Sun
Mescaline is completely innocuous, and its effects will pass off after eight or ten hours.
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
At first it looks innocuous. Times, Sunday Times
He proceeds to explain the technical intricacies of making a timepiece when you innocuously ask him what the time is.
Another inspector I know had problems with an innocuous piece written in a mildly conversational style.
A small, innocuous-looking fish called a chinaman leatherjacket is swarming in Sydney waters, attacking and eating anything that moves, from bare fishing hooks to large marlin. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
The next month, in one of her bimonthly town hall meetings with her 220 employees, Laybourne announced she was switching the name to the much more innocuous Good Girls Don't.
The sites in the photos have been inspected and found to be innocuous.
Perhaps you could provide some advice as to why his wise immune system has decided to impose limitations for him on these foods which are innocuous to me. ... apoxia - Boing Boing
The vituperative and contemptuous appellation kike, started, as such epithets often do, in a fairly innocuous way. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IV No 1
The fight is over a seemingly innocuous, wafer-thin device called a CableCard that unscrambles digital video images.
They are doctored-up mirror images, innocuous illustrations of everyday events in which skill of execution utterly predominates over imagination.
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
The concept of a redeemer, a liberator, or a deliverer is much closer to the state of mind that is prevalent today than is the innocuous and ambiguous term information.
Yeah, I was doing the final copy-edit and some innocuous passages suddenly became sinister.
It all sounds fairly innocuous. Times, Sunday Times
Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
Dan recalled his quondam chief's occasional flings at Allen, whom the senator from Fraser had regarded as a spoiled and erratic but innocuous trifler. A Hoosier Chronicle
At least one good thing I can say about this film is that it is fairly innocuous and gentle.

How To Use Innocuous In A Sentence

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