ingenuous

Example Sentences

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Less an ingenuous revelation of lofty self-insulation from such voters, then.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

His greatest hope for the future, Meghan is a high school senior at a horsy boarding school in the Washington area and possibly the most ingenuous girl since Alice in Wonderland.

From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022

All of this feels rather random, rather personal, rather ingenuous.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2021

They inquire, wide-eyed and ingenuous, why do we need to decide on these witnesses now, when we have all the time in the world?

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2020

“But why do you want to keep the embryo below par?” asked an ingenuous student.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley