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

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

He has his eye on a variety of roles, including Sophie, the ingénue of Strauss’s “Der Rosenkavalier,” and Dvorak’s Rusalka, he said in an interview, with the aim of sending a message that classical music should be “open to all communities,” including a multiplicity of genders.

From New York Times

Says Ward Kelly, “Gene thought she was the perfect ingenue. Stanley said, ‘Yeah, but can she dance?’

From Washington Post