naif

Example Sentences

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At times sweet naif, at times screaming banshee, she seems not quite human, like the strange half-duck/half-dog creature that follows her around the scientist’s house.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

When he decided to tell the government to go pound sand, he was not some naif who hadn't been in government before and didn't know the rules.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2023

Dominic asks Albie in “Arriverderci” after the latter requests the “karmic payment” to Lucia, but even the season’s biggest naif has learned how to go for the jugular.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Bale’s performance is particularly hard to parse: It’s no surprise that he can so completely submerge his British accent to play a streetwise naif, but the accent and characterization become distractions.

From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2022

Had we been armed only with hatchets, how different the case would have been, enfant naif.

From Annette, the Metis Spy by Collins, J. E. (Joseph Edmund)