NAIVETE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for NAIVETE, such as:
1. This naivete of expectation drove me to fury, but I restrained myself.
2. He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naivete.
3. But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers.
2. He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naivete.
3. But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers.
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Meanings and Examples of NAIVETE
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naivete
n. lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
Classic Sentence:
1 This naivete of expectation drove me to fury, but I restrained myself.
2 But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers.
3 As soon as he said this both Prince Vasili and Anna Pavlovna turned away from him and glanced sadly at one another with a sigh at his naivete.
4 But the latter's good-natured naivete was so boundless that sometimes even he involuntarily yielded to Nicholas' good humor.
5 "Perhaps I feared to make Alphonse jealous," she interjoined, with excessive naivete.
6 He responded at once by presenting himself at her home with all his disarming naivete.
Example Sentence:
1 Not only are you showing your naivete regarding moviemaking, but you are seriously insulting the brave stuntman who actually performed the feat.
2 Touched by the naivete of sweet, convent-trained Cosette, Marius pledges himself to protect her innocence.