Some of them even seemed to be trying to block his path in a nonthreatening way.

It is a nonthreatening way for the buddy to have the plastic surgery experience.

Yet the women having the affair are presented in a nonthreatening ambiguous way.

"We could discuss things in a nonthreatening way," he said.

The idea was "a nonthreatening way of involving parents."

Let's just say I was contacted by someone's attorney asking me, in a nonthreatening but really assertive way, to respectfully stay away from the family.

"Early on, I was told that I should walk in a nonthreatening way," he said.

He said it very politely and in a nonthreatening way, as though Kevin had merely walked across a prized flower bed.

You have to let them know that you're here in a nonthreatening way.

It's a nice way to start, in a nonthreatening way.