He groaned very softly and tried to retrace yesterday from its innocuous beginnings to its frantic, gobbling finale.
King, Stephen
The Stand
They received, rather, a conversation constructed at random out of a vast stock of innocuous phrases in various tones and voices.
Asimov, Isaac
Foundation 1 - Foundation
That which overwhelmed Othello glides innocuous over Candide.
Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
In the fading light, the chain links look as innocuous as usual.
Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire
He had slender features, the all-blue spice-tinted eyes, a nubbin nose, and that innocuous look of innocence which so often masks cynical knowledge in the young.
Frank Herbert
Children of Dune
He’s never been so angry in his life, never, and although the thought he sends at the fleeing man is innocuous, almost gentle (say buddy I would’ve given you a dollar if you’d asked maybe even two) it has the deadly weight of a thrown spear.
Stephen King
Dark Tower 7 - The Dark Tower