Sentence examples for innocuous statement from inspiring English sources

Well, that's a fairly innocuous statement".

This seemingly innocuous statement raises more ethical questions than it answers.

It would have been an innocuous statement for most players, but for Ramirez it was a revelation.

It's a fairly innocuous statement, but it starts to get at the nub of what the camp stands for: dialogue.

"I was a little puzzled by the frenzy that I set off by what I thought was a pretty innocuous statement," he said on Saturday.

When it is unclear what direction the investigation of MF Global might take, a seemingly innocuous statement could be viewed as misleading, or even obstructive, at a later time.

Innocuous statements can end up in lawsuits".

Annan can make the vaguest, most innocuous statements sound substantial and profound, and he can deliver his toughest, most challenging arguments without apparent argumentativeness.

Mr. Jobs would often make small, innocuous statements about an unannounced product that would leave the Apple faithful arguing for weeks about what he meant.

Eventually, I settle on personal but innocuous statements ("Cool hair", "Good to see you like Tom Waits, too", "I also enjoy doing the supermarket shop in an animal onesie").

The characters' speech, hesitations, and pauses reveal not only their own alienation and the difficulties they have in communicating but also the many layers of meaning that can be contained in even the most innocuous statements.