Usage of "mild-mannered"

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Usage of mild-mannered in English

Professor Pain Origin: A mild-mannered nanoengineer decided to upgrade and overclock himself. 
 Wired 

The usually mild-mannered Tánaiste became very catty with his former junior minister. 
 The Irish Times 

The inelegant double negative is a mild-mannered but firm declaration of independence. 
 Wired 

He was a thin, red-haired, mild-mannered man, the type described as harmless. 
 Junky 

Jim was a mild-mannered, bookish sort, balding, bespectacled, and of slight build. 
 Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog 

Their henchmen, turn out to be mild-mannered bookkeepers, filing clerks, and stenographers. 
 The new yorker 

He was an extremely mild-mannered man, of light weight and sedate aspect. 
 The House of Martha 

She was a mild-mannered dog, and wise to canine life on Tarawa. 
 The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific 

Over the past 18 months, the seemingly mild-mannered engineer who is ranked No. 
 Reuters 

I'm a mild-mannered man, not given easily to losing my temper. 
 The Irish Times 

On the campaign trail he became known for his mild-mannered demeanour. 
 The Irish Times 

This mild-mannered tactician enjoyed the enviable reputation of being alike unconquerable and incorruptible. 
 In Kedar's Tents 

Courageous and gutsy on the court, she was mild-mannered and demure off it. 
 The Guardian 

It is a mild-mannered little gentleman compared to the noisy jay. 
 A String of Amber Beads 

I think I'm fairly mild-mannered, I don't go in for drama. 
 The Irish Times 

If you meet Linus Torvalds, he comes off as a mild-mannered, down-to-earth Finnish-American. 
 Wired 

Meanings of mild-mannered in English