guiltless

Example Sentences

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Even if we are not directly responsible for someone’s plummeting into destitution, are we guiltless if we refuse to erect adequate and durable safety nets?

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2022

Aside from her business arrangement, offering gifts to journalists is equally lax in guiltless rectitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2019

It’s not that Berlin’s most accomplished police sleuth is guiltless.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2017

It’s a celebration of the curious authenticity — the innocence, the sweetness, the guiltless pleasure — of music whose badness is sometimes hard to separate from its genius.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016

Luther Windham looked up with a stern, proconsular gaze that began to come apart around his eyes and mouth when he saw Bull’s bright and guiltless smile.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy