ingenue

Example Sentences

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Rachel is taken with Gustav’s films, and the director sees a familiar spark of brilliance in the young ingenue.

From Salon

Grey Henson and Ashley D. Kelley as the gleeful Storytellers, Kevin Cahoon as a hayseed philosopher and Caroline Innerbichler as the requisite ingenue all joyfully indulge the cheeky, harmlessly off-color vibe.

From Washington Post

I pictured Florence, this young ingenue that the world is so excited about, that people who love movies are just really excited about, and I pictured her opposite some older, amazing legend.

From Salon

The set was split into sections, one for each of her 10 albums, tracing her journey from country ingénue to chart-topping pop star to lockdown-era folk singer - albeit with a mixed-up chronology.

From BBC

Here, a guest entrusted a young actress of fresh acquaintance with $17,000, only to have both ingenue and dough disappear, to no one’s surprise but his own.

From Seattle Times