One of Cheever's themes is that the seemingly safe suburbs are, in fact, much more dangerous than the city.
The Oilers had scored three goals in two and a half minutes, giving them a seemingly safe 4-0 lead.
This revelation shocks all four of them as they realize that even their seemingly safe town can be dangerous.
The store had been home to some 100,000 books, seemingly safe on the third floor at 375 West Broadway.
One place was seemingly safe: the roof that The Shadow had just left.
The Packers (5-4) forced five turnovers, four of them in the first half when the forged a seemingly safe 31-7 lead.
Yet they could open quickly, snatching away the seemingly safe ground offered, ready to swallow anything that ventured above.
Those have been the most conservative choices, the seemingly safe choices.
He'll find that seemingly safe situation and then throw a land mine into it to make it interesting.
And from the deck of a small house, Doug looks out over the water, alone, seemingly safe in Florida.