Sentence examples for quite benign from inspiring English sources

Before Sept. 11, these works would have looked quite benign.

Mr. Greenhaus said inflationary pressures were "quite benign".

Its answer to this "apocalyptic" question was quite "benign".

But compared to the caps-lock screaming, the actual articles are quite benign.

"When I saw the painting in her studio it seemed quite benign to me.

"Besides being beautiful, ladybugs are also quite benign," said Warner Johnston, the department's chief spokesman.

It has not been quite that benign.

"It implies something gradual, something uniform, something quite possibly benign, and what we're experiencing is none of those.

Second, while "no strings attached" is commonly used to describe China's approach in the developing world, the reality is not quite so benign.

I didn't begin this ride with anger in my heart, but by the time I get off the designated bike path (a k a the pedestrian obstacle course), I'm not feeling quite so benign.

China's intentions may, of course, not be quite as benign as Etzioni claims, and any territorial concession by the United States is likely to be read as a sign of weakness both by China and by America's regional allies.