ingenue

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In these images Sellers—a comic giant at the height of his career—acts as an eager paparazzo chasing after the self-assured ingénue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The last verse, and the album's closing words, are addressed to pop music's next young ingénue.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

The younger women are the most vulnerable to this idealistic image people have for us to have it all figured out before the clock strikes 30, and we are no longer the young ingénue.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2023

Fast-forward eight years, and Courtney, 24, is portraying another strong-willed ingénue, Juliet, on Broadway.

From New York Times • May 30, 2023

When Miss Anglin first appeared as Roxane last night, a sigh went up from all parts of the house: 'Here's another blond and simpering ingénue.'

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various